Minneapolis Institute of Art

Crazy Quilt

Estelle Stuart

Date

1904

Medium

Silk, Minnesota souvenir ribbons, hand appliquéd and pieced, quilted

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Silk pieced and embroidered quilts, frequently called crazy quilts because of the irregular shape of the individual units, were popular at the turn of this century. This quilt particularly relates to Minneapolis because it incorporates many printed ribbons. They range from announcements of Hennepin Avenue printers Moffett and Thurston, sponsors of the Minneapolis Harvest Festival on September 23, 1893, to a memorial ribbon honoring Levi Butler of the Minneapolis Woman's Relief Corps, No. 3. United States, Americas

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