Snowflake quilt, or Snow Crystals quilt, or Yankee Puzzle quilt, Rose Frances Good Kretsinger

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Rose Frances Good Kretsinger, Snowflake quilt, or Snow Crystals quilt, or Yankee Puzzle quilt
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger, Snowflake quilt, or Snow Crystals quilt, or Yankee Puzzle quilt
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Snowflake quilt, or Snow Crystals quilt, or Yankee Puzzle quilt
1926
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
1886–1963
Snowflake quilt, or Snow Crystals quilt, or Yankee Puzzle quilt, 1926
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: patchwork; appliqué; quilting; piecing; cotton
Credit line: Gift of Mary Kretsinger
Accession number: 1971.0095
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Geometric Abstractions: Quilts 1870 to 1990," Jun-2002, Samantha Schramm Even though this quilt is closer in style to the work of her mother Anna Gleissner Good, it has been attributed to Rose Kretsinger. The implication in Rose’s book The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America is that she made it, and her name is sewn on the back of this quilt. It might have been her first work, and it remains her only known pieced quilt. The pattern is a variation of the eight-point star. The myriad shapes of a snowflake might have been the inspiration for this unique design that is called Snow Crystals and sometimes Yankee Pride. The combination of star shapes with a Wild-Goose-Chase border adds to the individual appearance and interest of the work.

Exhibitions

Geometric Abstractions: Quilts 1870 to 1990
Samantha Schramm, curator
2002
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
Quilts from the Museum Collection
1978
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.

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

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