The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has over 100 quilts in their collection but only a portion of their quilts and coverlets online. I have to warn you that this is the easiest online site to get distracted on.
Here's a link to one of their quilt sites: Quilts and Coverlets.
As well as a quilt image and a woven coverlet:
"Album Quilt", circa 1860 "Woven Coverlet", circa 1825
They have about 20 images available at this site, including an autograph quilt, a presentation quilt and a beautiful chintz quilt. You can hover over the images or click on them which leads to detailed descriptions and histories of the work.
In fact, here's another link to their site that includes these images AND a great history of quilting: Quilts!
It's in these articles that the Met's offers its readers the option to read furhter articles on similar topics. For example, clicking on "heyday of quilting" in the first paragraph will bring you to an article on the Arts and Crafts Movement in America. This new article's first paragraph has a link to "textiles imported to Europe from India" which is another great article. At the bottom of each page there are also links to similar topics.
It's endless, really.
The Met has so much available information available to their online readers that it is easy to happily wander around their site for hours.
Interested in 19th Century European Textile Production: Click Here! The Met has it all. Oh, and here's an image called "Bird" by William Morris. Wow!
There is another whole section online, the Antonio Ratti Textile Center, that has textile related material many people would find interesting. Clicking on their "Features and Exhibitions" section will lead you to a 2002 show they had for Candace Wheeler and some images of her 19th century fabrics, such as:
"Hollyhocks", 1876
For fun, there's a Carpet Hunt that includes a Carpet Collage which kids may like to play with. It's really cutting, pasting and colouring some images to make your own carpet. Could be quite fun on a rainy day.
The Met is massive and wonderful. They have so much online that's not just images, it's essays and histories and all the good background information that is so helpful.
Great site. Overwhelming at times but absolutely a treat.
Hope you visit.
Best,
Fiona
Here's a link to one of their quilt sites: Quilts and Coverlets.
As well as a quilt image and a woven coverlet:
"Album Quilt", circa 1860 "Woven Coverlet", circa 1825
They have about 20 images available at this site, including an autograph quilt, a presentation quilt and a beautiful chintz quilt. You can hover over the images or click on them which leads to detailed descriptions and histories of the work.
In fact, here's another link to their site that includes these images AND a great history of quilting: Quilts!
It's in these articles that the Met's offers its readers the option to read furhter articles on similar topics. For example, clicking on "heyday of quilting" in the first paragraph will bring you to an article on the Arts and Crafts Movement in America. This new article's first paragraph has a link to "textiles imported to Europe from India" which is another great article. At the bottom of each page there are also links to similar topics.
It's endless, really.
The Met has so much available information available to their online readers that it is easy to happily wander around their site for hours.
Interested in 19th Century European Textile Production: Click Here! The Met has it all. Oh, and here's an image called "Bird" by William Morris. Wow!
There is another whole section online, the Antonio Ratti Textile Center, that has textile related material many people would find interesting. Clicking on their "Features and Exhibitions" section will lead you to a 2002 show they had for Candace Wheeler and some images of her 19th century fabrics, such as:
"Hollyhocks", 1876
For fun, there's a Carpet Hunt that includes a Carpet Collage which kids may like to play with. It's really cutting, pasting and colouring some images to make your own carpet. Could be quite fun on a rainy day.
The Met is massive and wonderful. They have so much online that's not just images, it's essays and histories and all the good background information that is so helpful.
Great site. Overwhelming at times but absolutely a treat.
Hope you visit.
Best,
Fiona
Love your quilts! I love to see talent behind beautiful designs.
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