The Timeline of Art History   The Metropolitan Museum of Art
World MapsTimelines / RegionsThematic EssaysWorks of ArtIndex  


Subject Index

Subject
Artist
Timelines/Regions
Thematic Essays
Accession Number
Lists of Rulers
Useful Links
Selected Readings

 

 

   Quilts and Coverlets
Works of Art (19)
Album quilt, ca. 1860, Members of the First Reformed Churches of Fishkill and Hopewell, Dutchess County, New York, Cotton (52.103) 
 
Bedspread (Colcha), 1786, Embroidered by Doña Rosa Solís y Menéndez, Mexican (Mérida/Yucatán), Colored silks on weft-faced rib weave, cotton ground (1971.20) 
 
Chintz appliquéd quilt, ca. 1835, Made by Mary Malvina Cook Taft (American), Possibly Maryland, Virginia, or South Carolina, Cotton (1970.288) 
 
Embroidered coverlet, 1770, Mary Breed (American), Probably New London County, Connecticut, Linen and cotton with wool embroidery (22.55) 
 
Embroidered coverlet, ca. 1760–75, Ruth Culver Coleman (American), Possibly Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, New York, Linen with wool embroidery (61.48.1) 
 
Fan quilt, ca. 1900, American, Cotton (1988.24.1) 
 
Honeycomb quilt, ca. 1830, Made by Elizabeth Van Horne Clarkson (American), New York City, Cotton (23.80.75) 
 
Memorial Crazy quilt, ca. 1877, Made by Tamar Horton Harris North (American), North Landing, Indiana, Silk, silk velvet, cotton, and cotton lace (1983.349) 
 
Phebe Warner coverlet, ca. 1803, Sarah Furman Warner Williams (American), New York City, Linen, cotton, silk (38.59) 
 
Pinwheel quilt, 1930, Unidentified maker (J.L.), Amish, Indiana, Wool and cotton (1988.128) 
 
Presentation quilt, ca. 1849, Baltimore, Maryland, Cotton and silk velvet (1974.24) 
 
Quilt center, ca. 1790, John Hewson (American, born England), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cotton (2005.284)
 
 
Signature quilt, ca. 1856–63, Adeline Harris Sears (American), Silk with inked signatures (1996.4) 
 
Street Story Quilt, 1985, Faith Ringgold (American), Oil, felt-tip pen, dyed fabric, and sequins on canvas, sewn to quilted fabric (1990.237a-c) 
 
Sunshine and shadow quilt, ca. 1940, Amish, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Wool and cotton (1973.94) 
 
Woven coverlet, 1828, Workshop of James Alexander (American), Little Britain, Orange County, New York, Cotton and wool (67.33) 
 
Woven coverlet, 1834, Made by David Daniel Haring (American), Bergen County, New Jersey, Cotton and wool (1988.127) 
 
Woven coverlet, ca. 1825, American, Wool and cotton; overshot, woven on a hand loom (10.125.410) 
 
Woven coverlet, ca. 1850, Attributed to Mrs. Hicks, Probably Ohio, Wool (56.113) 
 
Thematic Essays (3)