Album Quilt
1854
Sarah Ann Wilson (American, active mid-19th century)
New York or New Jersey, United States
Art Institute of Chicago. Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. David W. Grainger
Museum collection record →THE QUILTS BEHIND THE PICTURES
Quilt photographs & credits
Real quilts, with their makers and collection records kept close. These historic works illustrate the craft; they are not photographs of the batting products in our comparison.
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"Amish Plain" Quilt
c. 1890
Holmes County, Ohio, United States
Art Institute of Chicago. Robert Allerton and The Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowments
Museum collection record →"Cherry Tree and Robin" Quilt
1820/50
United States
Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Emma B. Hodge
Museum collection record →"The Circuit Rider's Quilt"
About 1868
Made by members of the Class of Low Chapel, United Brethren Church
Miami, Ohio, United States
Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Emma B. Hodge
Museum collection record →Friendship Quilt
1842
Made for Ella Maria Deacon (American, 1811–94)
Mount Holly, New Jersey, United States
Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Betsey Leeds Tait Puth
Museum collection record →“Log Cabin” Quilt, “Courthouse Steps” Variation
c. 1850-90
New York, United States
Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Margaret I. McCurry
Museum collection record →Roses Quilt
c. 1830/35
Letticia Keziah Vernon (American, 1795–1852)
Virginia, Tennessee, or Missouri, United States
Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Mrs. Lela M. Riley in memory of her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas Freeland
Museum collection record →"Sawtooth" or "Jagged Square" Quilt
c. 1890
Pennsylvania Dutch
Pennsylvania, United States
Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Donald Young and Shirley Weese Young
Museum collection record →