American quilt

The American Folk Art Museum is digitizing the New York Quilt Project, an archive of over 6,000 quilts and their histories.

Don’t Tell Ken Burns Quilts Are Quaint - The New York Times

By the end of the American Civil War in 1865, quilting was an established practice across African American communities. But as emancipation gradually emerged, so, too did new approaches to quilting, which shifted and adapted to suit the changing times. No one overarching style ruled, but some of the most celebrated quilts of the era...

Some nice African American quilts from the upcoming auction from the collection of Jonathan Demme.

Click here for more than 30 Red, White, and Blue vintage Americana quilt finds - perfectly patriotic for your home's summer decor!

The American Folk Art Museum is an art museum in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, at 2 Lincoln Square, Columbus Avenue at 66th Street. It is t...

Last Thursday, I went to the most incredible display of quilts that I have ever seen. My TV crew joined me at the Park Avenue Armory at 643 Park Avenue (between 66th and 67th Street), in New York City to see the American Folk Art Museum’s presentation of “Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and

Railroad by Becky Brown Railroad can symbolize the end of the Underground Railroad, a change in the strategy of escape from slavery. At ...

With its visual field of deep black velvet and twinkling white stitches this African-American signature quilt is as powerful and mysterious as the universe.

The estate of art scholar and collector Eli Leon donated nearly 3,000 quilts to the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.