EditorialNatalya Kornblum-Laudi’s red checkered quilt titled “Where I lay,” featuring snippets from a letter that she wrote in response to a breakup, on display at the one-night-only event “Why Is Everyone Breaking Up Right Now?,” in Brooklyn, Feb. 14, 2023. (Ali Cherkis/The New York Times)
EditorialQuilt (Bed Covering). Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.6 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 103 1/2"square approx.. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and heightening on paperboard.
EditorialA tradesman. The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight c. William Miller: London, 1805. The tradesman wears a sleeveless pink jacket of silk, with a collar of velvet. His stockings are of cotton quilt and his shoes are embroidered. His pipe, pou...
EditorialBedcover, 1725?50, British, Silk and metal-wrapped thread on linen, L. 79 x W. 67 1/2 inches (200.7 x 171.5 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, In addition to yellow-on-white Bengali embroideries made for export were Indian polychrome examples made for European...
EditorialFriendship Quilt. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 45.7 x 39.5 cm (18 x 15 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 72" long; 84" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard.
EditorialSilk Quilt - "Honeycomb" Pattern. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 35.8 x 35 cm (14 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.
EditorialPatchwork Quilt Pattern. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 42.8 x 37.9 cm (16 7/8 x 14 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.
EditorialPatchwork Quilt. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28.8 x 22.7 cm (11 5/16 x 8 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 108" wide; 120" long. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard.
EditorialApplique Quilt. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 30.3 x 22.6 cm (11 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper.
EditorialQuilt. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 51 x 38.2 cm (20 1/16 x 15 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 82" high; 84" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard.
EditorialPatchwork Quilt. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 50.2 x 42 cm (19 3/4 x 16 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 72" wide; 96" long. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper.
EditorialQuilt. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 54.6 x 40.8 cm (21 1/2 x 16 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 72" long; 54" wide. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper.
EditorialPieced Quilt. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 32.2 x 23.2 cm (12 11/16 x 9 1/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, gouache, and pen and ink on paper.
EditorialSilk Quilt - Roman Stripe. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 34.7 x 22.9 cm (13 11/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 60" wide; 50" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.
EditorialCalico Quilt (Patchwork). Dated: c. 1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 26.6 cm (14 1/16 x 10 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 78" square. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.
EditorialTextiles from Patchwork Quilt. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29.9 x 22.9 cm (11 3/4 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 88" square. Medium: watercolor and pen and ink on paperboard.
EditorialPatchwork Quilt with Eagles. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 53.5 x 46.9 cm (21 1/16 x 18 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 6' x 9'. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.
EditorialCrazy Quilt. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 34.7 x 26 cm (13 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 48" wide; 72" long. Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper.
EditorialSilk Patchwork Quilt. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 33.5 x 25.8 cm (13 3/16 x 10 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 89" square. Medium: watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paper.
EditorialQuilt - Applique Patterns with Border. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 48.4 x 39.5 cm (19 1/16 x 15 9/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.
EditorialTextiles from Quilt. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 22.3 cm (11 7/16 x 8 3/4 in.). Medium: watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard.
EditorialPatchwork Quilt. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 30.3 x 22.6 cm (11 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper.
EditorialPatchwork Quilt. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 40.9 x 30.7 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 36" square. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard.
EditorialSilk Applique Quilt. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 36 x 26.1 cm (14 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 87" wide; 94" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.
EditorialPatchwork from Spread (Quilt). Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 44.4 x 22.1 cm (17 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.
EditorialQuilt (detail) - "Honeycomb Pattern". Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 23.4 x 19.5 cm (9 3/16 x 7 11/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.
EditorialApplique Quilt (Friendship Quilt, or "Baltimo re Bride's Quilt"). Dated: c. 1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.4 x 24.4 cm (13 15/16 x 9 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: Approx. 4'x5'. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper.
EditorialTextile from Quilt. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 27.6 x 21.3 cm (10 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard.
EditorialCrazy Quilt: Detail. Dated: c. 1942. Dimensions: overall: 45.7 x 35.7 cm (18 x 14 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 78" square. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.