Elizabeth A. Coleman
Crazy Quilt Top
1884
Physical Qualities
Silk, including velvet and ribbons; silk embroidery threads, copper alloy strips; copper alloy decorations, including spangles and applied brooch of coral wrapped with gilt copper alloy wire; oil paint, glass bead, cotton foundation, 69 3/4 x 62 1/4 in. (177.2 x 158.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Julius Schloss
Object Number
1975.14.2
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1975; Mrs. Julius Schloss.
Anita Jones, "American Crazy Quilts", The Baltimore Museum of Art, June 3 -November 29, 2015.
Rebecca Juliette, "Getting Jiggy with it, " B'more Art, July 22, 2015, http://bmoreart.com/2015/07/getting-jiggy-with-it.html
Inscribed: Painted and cross-stitched in white threads on a red ribbon at the upper right area: "LC [painted]/ 1885 [stitched]" Embroidered on a white silk satin patch with red flower, goldenrod, and blue flowers: "IMH"
Maker
Elizabeth A. Coleman
1825–1904
English, 1826-c.1905, immigrated 1850, active Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Kansas City, Missouri until 1891
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