Antique Rose quilt, or Democratic Rose quilt, Rose Frances Good Kretsinger

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Rose Frances Good Kretsinger, Antique Rose quilt, or Democratic Rose quilt
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger, Antique Rose quilt, or Democratic Rose quilt
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Antique Rose quilt, or Democratic Rose quilt
1926
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
1886–1963
Antique Rose quilt, or Democratic Rose quilt, 1926
Where object was made: Emporia, Kansas, United States
Material/technique: quilting; patchwork; cotton; appliqué
Credit line: Gift of Mary Kretsinger
Accession number: 1971.0092
Not on display
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Quilts from the University of Kansas Museum of Art
(No. 12)Based on the old Democrat Rose pattern, this quilt has been re-interpreted by a 20th century quilt-maker of special talents. Rose Kretsinger studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, then began making quilts, often using old traditional patterns but adding distinctive touches of her own, The name Democrat Rose suggests how pattern names reflected the life and concerns of their 19th century makers in that women of different political persuasions called this same pattern Whig Rose.
Exhibition Label: "Quilts: Flora Botanica," Jun-2008, Barbara Brackman and Susan Earle Rose Kretsinger was a professional designer with a degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she took classes from Alphonse Mucha and other leaders in the Arts and Crafts movement. She began making quilts inspired by antiques during the 1920s. This piece was drawn from a damaged quilt belonging to the hired girl who worked in the Kretsinger’s Emporia home. Contrasting it to Elizabeth Gunckel’s version of the same design made 50 years earlier, we can see Rose’s skills in making subtle changes to folk designs. By extending the stems and standardizing the flower placement, she has created a secondary wreath-like pattern that vies for the viewer’s attention. Her handwritten notes refer to this quilt as Democrat Rose. In bipartisan spirit she and Carrie Hall called it Antique Rose in their 1935 book The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America.

Exhibitions

Quilts: Flora Botanica
Barbara Brackman, curator
Susan Earle, curator
2008
Quilts and Quilt Blocks from the Spencer Museum of Art
1998
Quilts and Quilt Blocks from the Spencer Museum of Art
1998
Quilts and Quilt Blocks from the Spencer Museum of Art
1998
Quilts and Quilt Blocks from the Spencer Museum of Art
1998
Quilts and Quilt Blocks from the Spencer Museum of Art
1998
Beauty of the Frontier: American Patchwork Quilts from the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art
1988
Beauty of the Frontier: American Patchwork Quilts from the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art
1988
Beauty of the Frontier: American Patchwork Quilts from the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art
1987
Beauty of the Frontier: American Patchwork Quilts from the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art
1987
Beauty of the Frontier: American Patchwork Quilts from the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art
1987
Beauty of the Frontier: American Patchwork Quilts from the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art
1987–1988
Beauty of the Frontier: American Patchwork Quilts from the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art
1987
Main Line Quilters Show
1984
Kansas Quilters
Chris Edmonds, curator
1981
In Praise of Patchwork
Susan Kolojeski, curator
1979
Quilts from the Museum Collection
1978
Quilts from the University of Kansas Museum of Art
1976
Quilts from the University of Kansas Museum of Art
1975
Quilts from the University of Kansas Museum of Art
1975
Quilts from the University of Kansas Museum of Art
1975
Quilts from the University of Kansas Museum of Art
1974
Quilts from the University of Kansas Museum of Art
1974–1976

Citations

American Patchwork Quilt. Tokyo: Kokusai Art, 1987.

Quilters' Choice: Quilts from the Museum Collection. Lawrence, Kansas: Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, 1978.

Brackman, Barbara. Flora Botanica. Kansas City, Missouri: Kansas City Star Books, 2009.

Salmon, Larry, and Eldredge, Charles C. 150 Years of American Quilts. Lawrence, Kansas: The University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1973.

Shankel, Carol, ed. American Quilt Renaissance: Three Women who Influenced Quiltmaking in the Early 20th century. Tokyo, Japan: Kokusai Art, 1997.

Hall, Carrie A, and Rose G. Kretsinger. The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1947.