About this artwork
A circuit rider was a traveling preacher who served a circuit of small communities located outside a central town. Like the Friendship Quilt, this quilt represents the collective effort of a community to express its appreciation for one of its members—here, the Reverend G. C. Warvel.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Title
- The Circuit Rider's Quilt
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Origin
- Ohio
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Date
- Made 1857–1867
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Medium
- Appliquéd quilt; dyed and printed cotton plain weave fabrics; cotton thread and metallic braid embroidery; ink signatures
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Inscriptions
- Inscription (left side): " Presented to the Rev. G. C. Warvel by the Class of Low Chapel, Miami, A.C.U.B.Ch." (Individual signatures in sepia ink throughout)
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Dimensions
- 215 × 241.5 cm (85 3/4 × 95 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Emma B. Hodge
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Reference Number
- 1919.535
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/76021/manifest.json
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