About This Artwork

United States, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County

Bedcover Entitled "Amish Diamond in a Square", c. 1925

Wool, plain weaves; pieced; backed with cotton, warp chevron twill weave; cotton batting; quilted with cotton thread
198.5 x 197.7 cm (78 1/8 x 77 7/8 in. )
Robert Allerton and Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowments, 2001.456

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Exploring Quilts: Art, History and Craftsmanship," March 17–September 12, 2004

Publication History

Austin, Mary Leman. The Twentieth Century's Best American Quilts: Celebrating 100 Years of the Art of Quiltmaking. Golden, Colorado: Primedia Special Interest Publications, 1999.

Bishop, Robert and Elizabeth Safanda. A Gallery of Amish Quilts. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co. Inc., 1976.

Bullard, Lacy Folmar. Quilts: From Colonial to Contemporary. Illinois: Publications International, Ltd., 1992.

Eisenstat, Sharon L. and Elizabeth V. Warren. Glorious American Quilts. New York: Penguin Studio, 1996.

Granick, Eve Wheatcroft. "Country Quilt Making" Magazine of Antiques vol. 138, October 1990, page 771.

_____. The Amish Quilt. Intercourse, Pennsylvania: Good Books, 1989.

Holstein, Jonathan. The Pieced Quilt, an American Design Tradition. Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, Ltd., 1973.

Pelman, Kenneth and Rachel Pelman. The World of Amish Quilts. Pennsylvania: Good Books, 1984.

Regan, Jennifer. American Quilts. New York: Gallery Books, 1989.

Schorsch, Anita. Plain and Fancy Country Quilts of the Pennsylvania German. New York: Sterling Publishing Co. Inc., 1992.

Ownership History

Ex-Collection: Shelly and Kenny Zegart