Solar System Quilt from 1876

[Lynn K.]

We think art quilts are new.

http://americanhistory.si.edu/collec...&objkey=53

Happened onto this while researching a new project -- thought someone else might found it interesting.

[Diane F.]

Isn't it amazing what we discover when we look with a new perspective -- new eyes!

[Diane F.]

That quilt is part of the collection of the National Museum of American History which one of the museums of the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian website is very interesting. Also a good source of information on historic quilts.

http://www.si.edu/

[Mary K.]

This should be a picture of Ellen Harding Baker's Solar System quilt from 1876.

[Eileen K.]

That quilt is amazing! Just goes to show what's old is new again. We're still making quilts with stars and sometimes planets in them.
http://www.designingquilts.com