Frances Barton Loring / Crazy Quilt / 1900

Frances Barton Loring
Crazy Quilt
1900 - 1905
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Creator Name: Loring, Frances Barton
Creator Nationality: North American; American
Creator Role: Artist
Gender: F
Creator Name-CRT: Frances Barton Loring
Title: Crazy Quilt
View: front
Creation Start Date: 1900
Creation End Date: 1905
Creation Date: 1900 - 1905
Object Type: Textiles
Classification Term: woven
Materials and Techniques: Silk
Dimensions: W.65-3/4 x L.77 in.
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 82.139
Credit Line: Gift of Eleanor Atwater, Martha Atwater, Sandra Butler, Ellie Donnavon, Suzanne H. Hodder, Anita Kunin, Laura Miles, Eleanor W. Reid and Kathleen Scott
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
Context:

This quilt is related in style and materials to the crazy quilt pattern which was very popular during the last quarter of the 19th century. However it could also be labeled as a friendship or album quilt as the separate squares were made by many individuals. We do not know if there was a special reason for the creation of the quilt, but Florence Barton Loring, wife of Charles Loring, the "father" of the Minneapolis Park System, made the list displayed here of the individual blocks when she assembled the quilt in 1905. Many of the names associated with each block are of prominent Minneapolis society woman, or the organizations to which they belonged.

AMICA ID: MIA_.82.139
Component Measured: overall
Measurement Unit: in
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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