These objects showcase the roots of quilt making in America. A mid-18th century palampore (a whole-cloth quilt made of cotton and hand painted with Eastern designs, often including a Tree of Life ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This counterpane, or whole-cloth ...

Whole Cloth Quilt with “Flying Geese” Border, 1820–1840, possibly Hudson River Valley, New York, hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton, 102 x 82 in. (259 x 208 cm). The Taft Museum of Art explores the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. According to information given with ...

WASHINGTON — Quilt-making has always been an essential part of American life and culture. A new exhibit in Washington, titled “Workt by Hand; Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts” offers a rare look at ...

Teachers and pupils at a quilting class held in Aberdare Technical College around 1928-1929. The wholecloth quilt displayed on a frame was made and designed by one of the pupils. But after a boom in ...