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Curator Stacy Hollander discusses a single, show-stopping, quilt from the "War and Pieced, the Annette Gero Collection of Quilts from Military Fabrics" Exhibit at the American Folk Art Museum. She feels this quilt is one of the highlights of the exhibit, from the way in which it was pieced, to the symbolism used by the maker to create his masterpiece.
The lights were very dim in the museum in order to protect the quilts.
War and Pieced, the Annette Gero Collection of Quilts from Military Fabrics.
The exhibit was organized by the American Folk Art Museum, New York, in collaboration with the International Quilt Study Center & Museum, University of Lincoln–Nebraska. It is cocurated by Dr. Annette Gero, international quilt historian, author, and collector, and Stacy C. Hollander, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, Chief Curator, and Director of Exhibitions at the American Folk Art Museum.
War and Pieced, the Annette Gero Collection of Quilts from Military Fabrics is the first exhibition in the United States to showcase the spectacularly complex geometric quilts made exclusively by men using richly dyed wools derived from British military and dress uniforms. - American Folk Art Museum
Click here to learn more about the exhibit.
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Really wonderful work. My heritage is Scots, so it put a big smile on my face. Thanks TQS!
So beautiful and with so much history... Its lucky to be seen by the public.
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