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Member of the Eddy Family, Embroidered and Pieced Crazy Quilt with Flowers and Large Basket, 1884. Cotton, silk, paint, and embroidery yarn, 66 x 72 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of M. Lenoir Eddy. 1997-22. Photography by Andy Duback.
“Crazy quilts” are a riot of rich fabrics, decorative topstitching, and hand-painted accents. The improvisational aesthetic of these presentation quilts was aided by advances in 19th-century textile manufacturing and the popular press. Join Katie Wood Kirchhoff, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen Curator of American Decorative Arts, for a tour exploring themes related to remarkable examples from Shelburne Museum’s permanent collection.
Limited to first 20 participants.