Infinite Variety
Often snubbed in the art world, red-and-white patchworks are finally getting a huge display at the Armory—but is dangling them in midair treating them like high art?
Gavin Ashworth
Schoolhouse and Church Quilt
Artist unidentified
United States
1880–1910
Pieced and appliquéd cotton
74 3/4 x 69 3/4"
Collection of Joanna S. Rose
Gavin Ashworth
Vortex Quilt
Artist unidentified
United States
1890–1910
Pieced and appliquéd cotton
82 x 80"
Collection of Joanna S. Rose
Gavin Ashworth
Red Cross Quilt
Various artists
Hudson River Valley, New York
1918
Pieced and embroidered cotton
80 x 59 1/2"
Collection of Joanna S. Rose
Gavin Ashworth
Octagon/Four-Letter-Names Quilt
Artist unidentified
United States
1860–1900
Pieced and appliquéd cotton
72 x 89"
Collection of Joanna S. Rose
Gavin Ashworth
St. Valentine’s Patch Quilt
Artist unidentified
Vermont
1860–1880
Pieced and appliquéd cotton
74 x 74"
Collection of Joanna S. Rose
Gavin Ashworth
Carpenter’s Square Quilt
Mary Coffland (dates unknown)
United States
1879
Pieced cotton
83 x 83"
Collection of Joanna S. Rose
Gavin Ashworth
“Charles & Cornelia” Quilt
Lavinia Rose (dates unknown)
Cortlandville, New York
1856
Pieced and appliquéd cotton
83 1/2 x 84"
Collection of Joanna S. Rose
Gavin Ashworth
Unnamed Pattern Quilt
Artist unidentified
United States
1880–1910
Pieced and appliquéd cotton
81 x 74"
Collection of Joanna S. Rose
Gavin Ashworth
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