Tents of Armageddon quilt, unknown maker from the United States

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Tents of Armageddon quilt
Tents of Armageddon quilt
Tents of Armageddon quilt
circa 1875–1910
Tents of Armageddon quilt , circa 1875–1910
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: cotton; quilting; piecing
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 1928.0909
Not on display
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Archive Label: This quilt was not made of scraps as earlier patchwork often had been, but rather with over 4,000 pieces of white cotton and red calico cut especially for this design. While the biblical source for this pattern name refers to the war between the forces of good and evil, the pattern name itself is not used in any other known example of similar type.

Exhibitions

Geometric Abstractions: Quilts 1870 to 1990
Samantha Schramm, curator
2002
Kansas Quilts from the Collection
Nancy A. Corwin, curator
1996
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
Quilters' Choice: Quilts from the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art
1983
Geometric Patchwork Quilts
Janet Dreiling, curator
1984
Quilts from Kansas
1981
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
Quilts from the University of Kansas Museum of Art
1974–1976
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.