Massachusetts quilts

Editorial Staff

Recently more than two dozen of the most significant quilts discovered to date by the Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project went on view at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell in the exhibition Massachusetts—Our Common Wealth: Quilts from the Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, which runs through September 20. So far, some six thousand quilts have been documented as a result …

Inspired by antiques: An American moon and stars quilt

Editorial Staff Art

This week I’m taking inspiration from a remarkable quilt that will be up for auction at Skinner’s American furniture and decorative arts sale this weekend (June 7).  Dating from the turn of the 20th century, the design of this pieced wool quilt is comprised of four-point stars set between thirty-five full circles and ten half circles—known as a “moon and …

Magazine November/December 2024

Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter! NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024 Publisher’s Letter Don Sparacin Field NotesRedefining Americana Elizabeth Pochoda Current and ComingThe American Renaissance at Yale; Alps exploration and Old Masters of Siena at the Met; Mughal arts and crafts in England; A Parisian changemaker in New York; Magic tricks in Iowa; Stormy weather in California and New …

The Politics of Placemats

Maggie Lidz Furniture & Decorative Arts

Besides founding museums and having lots of money, what did Abby Rockefeller, a strict Baptist; Harry du Pont, an introverted aesthete; and the ebullient businesswoman Marjorie Merriweather Post have in common? As it turns out, linen closets piled with a rainbow selection of Marshal Fry napkins and placemats.