Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs

Finley, Janet E.

November; 6; 2020

Janet Finley spent a decade acquiring photographs of every day life that had a quilt in them.

-- All images published with permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).

Collection

55-162-1

Quilts Used as Backdrops in Old Photographs

Mahan, Vista Anne

1991

From Uncoverings 1991, Volume 12 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group

Ephemera

35-90-146

Womenfolk 60. Log Cabin Quilts ~ Inspiration From the Past

Breneman, Judy Anne

2004

This article from the website, Womenfolk.com is part of The History of Quilting Patterns essays. Before magazines and mail order patterns were widely available women shared them with each other. A pattern might have been mailed to a sister out west as well as given to the neighbor just down the road. The study of these patterns is an intriguing blend of fact and myth. Where did the names come from and when were they designed?

Ephemera

51-149-57