Episode 14 - A Body of Work - Six Know-It-Alls - April 13, 2022

Описание: Debby Cooney talks about Mary Brown (1778-1861) of Cecil County, Maryland, who made spectacular applique quilts and blocks that feature multilayered birds, animals, florals, and papercut motifs. She used reverse-applique techniques to enhance her complex layouts.

Julie Silber tells us about a German immigrant at the turn of the 20th century, who worked in the steel mills in Allentown PA and drew unique designs for pictorial redwork medallion quilts. Julie shows six examples of the fantastic work of the great Maximilian Johannes, and shares details of his fascinating story.

Alden O’Brien looks at four very similar quilts by Amelia Lauck of Winchester, Virginia that survive at the DAR Museum and Colonial Williamsburg. Alden explores the design sensibility of Lauck and ponders whether we can guess her evolution.

Merikay Waldvogel shares the story of 19th-century Tennessee quilter Sarah White Berry (1819-1898) whose body of work includes one-of-a-kind applique quilts labeled with quilt name, date made, and her initials SB making them easy to spot.

Lynne Bassett contextualizes two early New England quilt designers and their whole-cloth quilts.

Reading List
Lynne Zacek Bassett, "Flowered and Feathered Fantasies: New England's Early Whole-Cloth Quilts," PieceWork, September/October 1999, pp. 31-34.
Lynne Zacek Bassett, “Inspired Fantasy: Design Sources for New England’s Whole-Cloth Wool Quilts,” The Magazine Antiques, September 2005.
Lynne Zacek Bassett, Massachusetts Quilts: Our Common Wealth (Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2009), pp. 13-16; 112-116.
Susan P. Schoelwer, Connecticut Needlework: Women, Art & Family, 1740-1840 (Hartford, CT: The Connecticut Historical Society, 2010), pp. 96-97.