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University Dance Professor & Choreographer. Researcher of Historical Textiles.
More of the Ann Burns Quilt d. 1844, Arch St. Meetinghouse, Philadelphia.
August 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
More of the Ann Burns Quilt d. 1844, Arch St. Meetinghouse, Philadelphia.
The Ann Burns Quilt, d. 1844, Arch St. Meetinghouse, PA. After 50 years of being encased, was out for a day. It will be stored and displayed again in a more textile-preservation-appropriate case, soon.
August 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The Ann Burns Quilt, d. 1844, Arch St. Meetinghouse, PA. After 50 years of being encased, was out for a day. It will be stored and displayed again in a more textile-preservation-appropriate case, soon.
Haddonfield Monthly Meetinghouse, NJ. Studying a c. 1850 quilt inscribed by some of its members, wondering how they lived through the country’s divisions that led to the CW.
August 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Haddonfield Monthly Meetinghouse, NJ. Studying a c. 1850 quilt inscribed by some of its members, wondering how they lived through the country’s divisions that led to the CW.
C. 1850 quilt, detail. One of many names for this pattern is, “Apple Pie Ridge Star.”
June 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
C. 1850 quilt, detail. One of many names for this pattern is, “Apple Pie Ridge Star.”
Silk quilt, Quaker, mid-nineteenth century.
March 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Silk quilt, Quaker, mid-nineteenth century.
Quaker quilt, detail. Quaker tenets: honesty, peace.
March 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Quaker quilt, detail. Quaker tenets: honesty, peace.
Full view of the “Hutton Lancaster Legacy Quilt” c. 1848. (PC: Kay Butler)
January 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Full view of the “Hutton Lancaster Legacy Quilt” c. 1848. (PC: Kay Butler)
