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Source Description
Made from an eye-catching combination of fabrics and ribbons, this quilt was created by Louisa Joiner, whose initials appear on a panel at lower right. Some of its pieces are believed to be scraps cut from clothing worn on lake cruises. Little is known about the artist aside from the fact she was married to a captain who sailed on the Great Lakes.
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161699
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Crazy Quilt
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161699
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Crazy Quilt
description
Made from an eye-catching combination of fabrics and ribbons, this quilt was created by Louisa Joiner, whose initials appear on a panel at lower right. Some of its pieces are believed to be scraps cut from clothing worn on lake cruises. Little is known about the artist aside from the fact she was married to a captain who sailed on the Great Lakes.
date
c. 1887–1900
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en
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Q79984759
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38669
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Textile
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Overall: 186.7 x 182.9 cm (73 1/2 x 72 in.)
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America, New York, Watertown, 19th century
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2000.63
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silk, ribbons, lace, velvet, embroidered, heat transfer
tombstone
Crazy Quilt, c. 1887–1900. Louisa Joiner (American, 1844–1911). Silk, ribbons, lace, velvet, embroidered, heat transfer; overall: 186.7 x 182.9 cm (73 1/2 x 72 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Morrisey, 2000.63
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Textiles
didYouKnow
Crazy quilts got their name from being made of seemingly random scraps of material assembled in an apparently arbitrary pattern.
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citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” June 19, 2000, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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Mentioned: p.3
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Morrisey
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2026-05-29 08:24:14.377000
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161699
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silk, ribbons, lace, velvet, embroidered, heat transfer
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female
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