Description:
Pieced, silk quilt in a Crazy Quilt pattern done with many small pieces of plain weave, painted, and embroidered silks outlined in decorative feather stitches, and a four-sided, maroon velvet border; a twill-weave, maroon silk backing with silk tufts. According to the donor, the quilt came from Troy, NY, and thought to have been made by a member of the Winn family. Crazy quilts were very popular during the last quarter of the 19th century, and particularly strong in the mid 1880s. Silks in satin and velvet weaves, along with many other fancy fabrics, were readily available from mail-order companies, local shops, and stashes of remnants at home. Department stores, including Boston's Jordan Marsh, profited from the fashion by selling bags of scraps for one dollar each, and manufacturers offered ready-to-sew kits.
Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Silk Link to share this object record:
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