IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Using an elaborate silk quilt, such ...
Artist unidentified, Soldier’s Hexagon Quilt (Crimea or United Kingdom, late 19th century), wool from military uniforms, 85 x 64 in (courtesy the Annette Gero Collection, photo by Tim Connolly, Shoot ...
The quilt, made in 1870, lay undisturbed in a trunk for goodness knows how many years. Its maker, Susan Mary Officer Vaughn, came across the Oregon Trail in 1845 at age 12. She married William ...