Quilt with Central Diamond Pattern / Anonymous Amish, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.321
- Title
- Quilt with Central Diamond Pattern
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Medium and Support
- cotton and wool
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Pennsylvania (state)
- Lancaster (county)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Pennsylvania (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Lancaster (county)
- Dimensions
- 191 cm x 195 cm (75 3/16 in. x 76 3/4 in.)
- Century
- early 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Textile
- Primary Object Type
- quilt
- Physical Description
- A black diamond in the center is positioned within a lavender square surrounded by a pink frame. The entire is surrounded by thick frame of black.
- Subject Matter
- This Amish quilt from the early twentieth century is an example of the use of geometric abstraction in popular folk art.
- Primary Keywords
- amish
- blocks (quilt components)
- cotton (textile)
- fiberwork
- geometric abstraction
- geometric patterns
- geometric shapes
- lozenges
- quilts
- wool (hair)
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- abstraction
- animal material
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- bed coverings
- bedcovers
- christianity
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- coverings and hangings
- coverings and hangings by location or context
- coverings and hangings by specific type
- coverings and hangings components
- coverings and hangings for furniture
- coverings and hangings for sleeping and reclining furnitur
- descriptors
- design elements
- fiber and fiber products
- fiber products
- forms of expression
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furnishings components
- geometric motifs
- hair
- hair and hair components
- hair by form
- keratinous material
- materials
- materials by form
- materials by origin
- materials by physical form
- motifs
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- protestantism
- quilt components
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- textile materials
- textile materials by composition or origin
- visual and tactile
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1000 x 1125
- File Size
- 60 KB
- Record
- 2000/2.321
- Link to this Item
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"Quilt with Central Diamond Pattern; Anonymous Amish, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2000-sl-2.321/2000_2.321.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
