Sunburst Quilt
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Classification: Building Furnishings, Bedding, Quilt. Materials and Techniques: Pieced cotton. Style/Period/Movement: Physical Description: This quilt is a Sunburst or Marinernulls Compass variation. The quilting follows the appliqued pattern. It has green, red and yellow calico fabric alternating with a white block. The white block is quilted with one large flower. There is a white border quilted in a chain pattern. The back is white cotton.
Exhibition History: Rothman Gallery, F&M College, PA, Autumn 1995, Spring 1996 and 1998. Collection or Donor: From the Robert L. Schaeffer Jr. Collection donated to the college in 1987. It is said that Schaeffer (American 1918-2001), an avid collector of American folk art, often crossed paths with the Duponts. The collection largely represents a narrow geographic region consisting of Pennsylvania German objects and was accumulated over four decades. Robert L. Schaeffer, Jr. purchased quilt from Hatti Brunner (1890-1982), Antiques dealer from Reinholds, Pennsylvania in the
1940nulls.
Description
86 x90 inches
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Date
1870Metadata
Show full item record| Author | Unknown (American) | |
| Date Accessioned | 2009-02-24T18:19:11Z | |
| Date Available | 2009-02-24T18:19:11Z | |
| Date Created | Front: 19th century Back: 20th century | en |
| Date of Issue | 1870 | |
| Identifier (Other) | Q-87-80 | |
| Identifier (URI) | http://hdl.handle.net/11016/7620 | |
| Description | 86 x90 inches | en |
| Description | Classification: Building Furnishings, Bedding, Quilt. Materials and Techniques: Pieced cotton. Style/Period/Movement: Physical Description: This quilt is a Sunburst or Marinernulls Compass variation. The quilting follows the appliqued pattern. It has green, red and yellow calico fabric alternating with a white block. The white block is quilted with one large flower. There is a white border quilted in a chain pattern. The back is white cotton. Exhibition History: Rothman Gallery, F&M College, PA, Autumn 1995, Spring 1996 and 1998. Collection or Donor: From the Robert L. Schaeffer Jr. Collection donated to the college in 1987. It is said that Schaeffer (American 1918-2001), an avid collector of American folk art, often crossed paths with the Duponts. The collection largely represents a narrow geographic region consisting of Pennsylvania German objects and was accumulated over four decades. Robert L. Schaeffer, Jr. purchased quilt from Hatti Brunner (1890-1982), Antiques dealer from Reinholds, Pennsylvania in the 1940nulls. | en |
| Sponsorship | The Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA | en |
| Language | en_US | en |
| Rights | Image copyright 2008, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA | eng |
| Subject | quilt | en |
| Title | Sunburst Quilt | en |
| Type | Image, 3-D | en |
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