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30 results found.
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(TR)1965.255 - Quilt
This is a block quilt made of green brocade squares alternating with beige floral squares with pink flowers. The quilt is attached to the backing with red yarn ties that are visible on the front. Decorative embroidery stitches outline each square in multiple colors. A pink flower is minimally embroidered in the center of each green square. The backing is made of pink, green, orange, and white cotton flannel. There is no batting inside.
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1985.005.005 - Quilt
This quilt exhibits a "Dutch Doll" motif. The quilt is comprised of a white background with 20 symmetrical quilt squares (5 rows and 4 columns) that each include one "Dutch Doll" or "bonnet girl" facing toward the left. The dolls are quilted and appliqued in a variety of colors (greens, blues, reds, pinks) and fabrics. The quilt includes pink floral sashing and a white backing. The squares are handquilted with white thread. There is a rod sleeve ...
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1988.005.001 - Quilt
This quilt is primarily comprised of silk squares in various sizes and colors. The patterned squares are symmetrically interspersed with an overlaid green and red botanical print. The bottom corners of the quilt feature angled cutouts with fasteners to tie around bedposts. The edges of the quilt are finished with a pink fringe. This quilt is attributed to Susan Wells Sanders.
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1988.005.002 - Quilt
This is a 'crazy quilt' with irregularly sized blocks assembled in rows, much like the stacked bars set seen in rural Southern quilts. There are eight "bars" or "rows" ranging from 7 to 17" wide. There is a bottom border of 3." The quilt features motifs including flowers, a crescent moon, butterflies, hand fans, and cherries. Some motifs are embroidered while others are painted directly onto the fabric. The back of the quilt is made of printed...
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1998.003 - Quilt
This quilt is called "Tennessee Iris" and was made by Dorothy Garrett uses the Mountain Mist design by Margaret Hayes (pattern #4) from 1930. The rectangular quilt has a white background an appliquéd design of staggered rows of iris flowers surrounded by two green borders around the edges. The flowers are two-toned with a lighter color on the top two petals and a darker color on the bottom two. The flowers have combinations of yellow-orange, red-...
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2007.002 - Quilt
This is a small square 'crazy quilt' with a large black silk border. The quilt is made of irregular patchwork of velvets, silks, and other fabrics with embroidery in multiple colors and stitches along the edges of each. There are appliquéd, painted, and embroidered motifs including flowers and handfans. One corner of the quilt is made of a pieced fan block.
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2007.011.002 - Quilt
This is a quilt made from cotton feedsacks by women in the Cosby Valley near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The quilt documents the work and family group of midwife Luellar Williams (1890 - 1983) and her daughter Dovie Clara Williams (1913 - 2012). The 30 quilt blocks each contain a name, preserving Williams' work as a midwife and her community connections. Between 1929-1962 Louellar Williams delivered 301 babies in Cocke and Sevier Cou...
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2014.001.001 - Quilt
This quilt is an adaption by Ida Love Brannum (Branham) Bruce (1875 - 1964) of the Mountain Mist Poinsettia Pattern first published in 1933. Mountain Mist Patterns were free and came as part of the wrapping for cotton batting. The quilt features red flowers with yellow centers and four green leaves. The edges of the applique are blanket-stitched in black. The background fabric is white. The textile is fan-quilted. The techniques and colors of th...
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2017.001.001 - Textile Construction
This is a patchwork style quilt that is overdyed green. The original 1960s quilt, made by Nervie Powers, has been reworked over time by Margaret Gregg, who added screen-printed images, symbols, and text throughout. Gregg recalls: "This work is about my years of doing and learning and remembering, especially in the Mountain communities of East Tennessee. The background is a quilt of Nervie Powers, 'my' mountain woman, who was a loving, wise, a...
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2017.001.003 - Textile Construction
This quilted textile was dyed and screen-printed to show the horseshoe bend in the Nolichucky River where Bumpass Cove, Tennessee is located. There are screen-printed newspaper articles and photos in both margins. This quilt was commissioned by the Center of Excellence for Appalachian Studies and Services as part of Tennessee Homecoming 1986.
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2017.001.004 - Textile Construction
This quilted textile has screenprinted outline portraits, a church, and text over a background of red and blue tones. It depicts the Bethel Christian Church (1859) in Jonesborough, Tennessee, a historically Black church. It was commissioned by the Center of Excellence for Appalachian Studies and Services as part of Tennessee Homecoming 1986. This quilt features purple, red, dark teal, pink and maroon hues. The quilt also features six faces and...
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2017.001.005 - Quilt
This is a quilted wall hanging, or tapestry, that depicts a mountainous landscape at twilight. The quilt is 68.5 x 79 inches, allowing the details in each of the blocks to stand out. Using primarily deep and cool hues arranged in patterned fabrics, this piece consists of various shades of blues, purples, reds, and yellows. There is machine embroidery on the front lower right-hand corner that reads: "Center for Appalachian Studies and Services". ...
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2017.006.019 - Hanging, Wall
This is a small square quilted wall hanging. It features four eight-point star blocks with one four-point star in the center of the quilt. The border is made of dark paisley fabric with dark squares at the corners and is bound with a small dark strip. The stars are also made of the paisley fabric with a white border and dark background. It was created for the Appalachian Room at Shelbridge, the historic mansion and residence of East Tennessee Sta...
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2018.015.006 - Quilt
This feed sack quilt, or "scrap quilt," is composed of several colorful feed sack squares and rectangles on the front side. The back of the quilt is a standard or "plain" feed sack back. Some of the feed sack squares include brand logos, details, and motifs like roses (red, blue), stripes, roosters (green, pink), polka dots (blue, white), and floral designs (blue, green, orange, yellow, red). The feed sacks advertise brands in Pike's Peak, Bl...
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2018.015.010 - Quilt
Cotton quilt featuring blue and white applique. The center square is white with blue applique flowers. The center square is bordered twice: the innermost border is blue with white applique dogwood flowers and bows, while the outermost border is white with scalloped edges and a blue trim. This quilt was hand-quilted on the kit marks, and the marks still show.
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2018.015.016 - Quilt
This is a small quilted textile, wall hanging size. The background is black felt with red cotton backing. The felt is hand appliquéd with four large sets of flowers within red turkey-track embroidered diamonds. A three-flower set is red and yellow, one orange, one yellow, and another three flower set of tulips is red and yellow. There is a red border around the perimeter of the textile.
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2018.015.017 - Quilt
This is a small octagonal quilted textile with a Lone Star design. The star has eight points and is made of pieced diamonds of patterned cotton including solid pink, solid red-pink, solid baby blue, blue paisley, and red plaid. The background of the quilt is solid white. The edges have white prairie points that match the background. The quilt is about crib size.
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2018.015.018 - Quilt
This is a small embroidered textile. The background is a white with two borders, one mauve purple and one yellow. It is decorated with an embroidered basket of flowers of varying colors of yellow, orange, purple, and pink. The basket has a blue bow wrapped on the handle. The quilting is done in a nested diamond pattern.
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2018.015.024 - Quilt
This is a small embroidered textile. The background is a vivid royal blue. It is decorated with an open oval of flowers that are colored pink, yellow, light blue, and orange. A single yellow flower floats above the top left of the arrangement. The stems and some petals of the flowers are made with chain stitching. The quilting is done in a swirling pattern.
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2021.003.017 - Banner
This banner was the title quilt / banner that was made for the "Suffrage in Southern Appalachia" exhibit at the Reece Museum in 2020.
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2022.002.001 - Doll
This cloth doll by Lydia Wilson is made from quilt scraps and rust dyed cotton. There is a sandbag in the center for the body, with two arms and rudimentary head and face. The doll has a long dress rather than legs below the sandbag, allowing it to sit and lean sturdily.
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2023.008.005 - Textile Construction
This textile construction or wall hanging was hand-quilted and hand-stitched by Nervie Powers of Clairfield, Tennessee, likely in the 1960s or 1970s. The textile construction depicts a feminine figure quilting while seated in a chair in a field of green grass with colorful flowers. The chair is navy blue, and a black flower is sprouting from the top of the chair. The woman has black hair on the top of her head, and she is wearing a black, white, ...
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2023.011.001 - Quilt
This crazy quilt was likely made by the great-grandmother of the donor c. 1910. The quilt is a fabric assemblage of a wide assortment of colorful fabrics, many of which were likely portions of worn clothing. Multiple years, one date, and several sets of initials are chain-stitched and/or hand-embroidered on portions of the quilt, including: "1910," "1911," "1912," "Feb. 22," "O.O.S.," J.M.S.," "H.S.," "H.I.W.," and "M.L.S." The donor was only abl...
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2023.027.001 - Quilt
This quilt depicts red, pink, and yellow flowers with green leaves. The pattern is called "Roses and Tulips," and can also be referred to as a "Rose of Sharon Variation." It was crafted in the late nineteenth century, circa 1870. The quilt's details were constructed using hand-pieced, hand-appliqued, and hand-quilted techniques. The quilt features nine "Tulips and Roses" blocks that are symmetrically positioned in a 3x3 configuration. The qui...
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2023.027.002 - Quilt
This quilt features yellow and orange sunflowers. It was crafted in the early twentieth century, circa 1930. The quilt's details were constructed using machine-pieced, hand-appliqued, and hand-quilted techniques. The quilt features 30 sunflower blocks that are symmetrically positioned in a 5x6 configuration without sashing. Each of the blocks are identically constructed with period solids. This sunflower quilt pattern was first published i...
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2023.029.001 - Quilt
This quilt depicts orange tulips with deep green stems and white details. The pattern is called "The Tulips." It is inferred to have been crafted during the early twentieth century, likely between 1910 and 1935. The quilt's details were constructed using hand-pieced, hand-appliqued, and hand-quilted techniques. There are 5 columns and 6 rows of orange tulips on the quilt that are separated by orange lines. There are green squares where the or...
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2023.029.002 - Quilt
This quilt depicts a multi-color starburst design. The pattern is called "Red Border Star" or "Broken Star." It is inferred to have been crafted circa 1935. The quilt's details were constructed using hand-pieced and hand-quilted techniques. The quilt features vivid shades of red, deep blue, and orange, with red stripes. The central image of this quilt is a large pieced star (58" x 59") with sixteen points. The star is set with solid white sett...
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2023.029.003 - Quilt
This quilt depicts multi-color diamonds against a yellow background. The pattern is called "Yellow Back Panel" or "Churn Dash." It is inferred to have been crafted circa 1910. The quilt was hand-pieced in blocks, then machine-set and hand-quilted. There are twenty 10.5" pieced blocks that comprise the central design of the quilt. These blocks are set on-point with 10.5" alternating, unpieced blocks that are set with side-setting triangles to f...
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2023.029.004 - Quilt
This quilt depicts multi-color triangular baskets positioned within nile green squares against a white background. The pattern is called "Baskets." It is inferred to have been crafted between 1930 and 1940. The quilt was hand-pieced, hand-set, and hand-quilted. There is machine-piecing on the sashing and corner stops. The various patterns of the baskets include shades of green, pink, yellow, purple, and blue. There are thirty 9" pieced blocks...
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