- Object Name:
- Quilt
- Place Made:
- Russia and United States
- Date:
- c. 1899
- Medium:
- Velvet: embroidered with wool, silk, and metallic thread; glass beads
- Dimensions:
- 81 1/2 × 65 in. (207 × 165.1 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Purchase: Judaica Acquisitions Fund
- Accession Number:
- 1986-119
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This colorful patchwork quilt bearing Eastern European and American imagery is a wonderful testimony to the acculturation of Jewish Immigrants in the United States. Incorporated in the quilt are panels embroidered in the cross-stitch technique popular in the late 19th century Jewish textiles from Eastern Europe, Russian folk art elements, and American motifs. In the border, the American flag, a patriotic symbol, is combined with the Star of David, symbolic of Jewish Heritage. Also featured are references to sports such as tennis and hot-air ballooning and a depiction of Admiral George Dewey (1837-1917), the hero of the Spanish-American War (1898).
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