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Captain Aust Quilt Top
The Captain Aust Quilt top was given to Captain Aust who lived in Baltimore for two years before moving to Virginia. It is said that the blocks were given to him by friends. Dr. Dunton, in his book “Old Quilts” wrote that the quilt was later owned by Mrs. Arthur Smart, Captain Aust’s daughter. She gave the quilt to her grandson, William S. Smart. In 1979 the quilt top was gifted to the Maryland Historical Society (now called Maryland Society for History and Culture) by Mrs. Francis Smart, Mrs. James Whittaker and Mrs. Joseph Wood.
Some of the block designs are similar to those in the Captain George W. Russell Quilt in the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Elizabeth MacCullough Hervey Quilt, which is now in privately owned. All three quilts use mostly solid fabrics.
The two corner blocks on the top row of the quilt are unique. Block A1 possibly represents the Agriculture Society which was formed in 1819 in Baltimore. The center of this block has onions, carrots, radishes, turnips and also a spade, a scythe and a plough. In Lavish Legacies, Jennifer Goldsborough lists the signer of this block, William Dames, as a gardener living in Baltimore County. Block D1 has a wreath with a butcher within it. The reason for the butcher in the center of this block is unknown. Research has not revealed the occupation of Captain Aust as he could have been a sea captain (block D5), a gardener as several of the block signers were gardeners, or in the military prior to the making of this quilt.
Block A5 has “Little Lucy” in the center. In the 1840’s was a children’s book called, “Little Lucy and Her Lamb.” The inspiration for this block could have been from this book.
The price for the pattern is $50.00 plus $16.75 shipping and handling. (MD residents will also be charged $3.00 state sales tax). Proceeds from the pattern sales will go to the BAS.
Quaker Baltimore Album, Date 1850
The pattern from this antique quilt was produced by members of the Baltimore Appliqué Society, compliments of Debby Cooney and Ronda H. McAllen whose research reflects that there were Quakers, who lived in Maryland and the Baltimore area from the late 17th century. Many Quaker women were dedicated quiltmakers, using silks in the somber hues of their dresses as well as colorful glazed chintz furnishing fabrics. This Baltimore Album quilt reflects names that show the Quakers participated in making some of the over 400 quilts completed between about 1844 and 1858 that are known today. The high-style blocks, ruched roses in baskets and bouquets, chintz appliqué, plus simple appliqués and piecework, are all nicely balanced to create a handsome gift or memento of friendship or kinship ties.
Quilt size 88” x 75”. Legible Names on the Quaker Baltimore Album quilt are Hannah S. Atkinson, Elizabeth Herica, Louisa Morgan, Thomas Morgan, Sarah Ann Atkinson, and initials CC or GG dated 1850.
The price for the pattern is $50.00 + $12.00 shipping (MD residents will also be charged 6% state sales tax). Proceeds from the pattern sales will go to the BAS.
Captain George W. Russell Album Quilt
Captain George W. Russell (1811-1869) enjoyed a distinguished career as a steamship captain transporting passengers on the Chesapeake Bay between Baltimore and Norfolk. His 35-year record without a single fatality earned Captain Russell the gratitude of the traveling public, who dubbed him the “Commodore of the Chesapeake Bay” and rewarded him with many gifts, including a quilt, “containing the richest emblems.” This quilt, inscribed, “Presented to Captain George W. Russell by his Friends of Baltimore August 23rd 1852,” bears the names of family members and others associated with this local hero. Captain Russell’s occupation and interests are revealed through squares featuring his steamship, the North Carolina and symbols of both the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Masons, civic minded organizations of which he was a member. With its large central medallion and elaborate eagle motif, cornucopias, wreaths enclosing baskets bouquets, triple bowknots, and other intricate designs skillfully rendered through applique, embroidery, and ink, this quilt exemplifies the highly sophisticated Baltimore album style for which the city became famous.
The price for the pattern is $50.00 plus $16.75 shipping and handling. (MD residents will also be charged $3.00 state sales tax). Proceeds from the pattern sales will go to the BAS.
Gold Rush Quilt
Mr. Henry Francis du Pont, founder of the Winterthur Museum, had a special love for textiles and needlework and purchased numerous examples of both. Since the time of his death in 1969, the museum has added to the collection, often through gifts from donors. In 2013 Winterthur acquired an extraordinary Baltimore Album quilt made about 1849. It features sixteen applique blocks sashed with turkey red cotton and framed with a red and green dogtooth border. While most of the blocks depict flowers, birds, baskets, or cornucopia similar to those found in other such quilts, the two central blocks in the top row are unique. One depicts a man driving a horse-drawn carriage with a cargo of bottles. On the second block, a fashionably dressed gentleman appears to be headed in search of gold with a pick, shovel, and paid of boots slung over his shoulder. He is singing the words “Oh! Susanna don’t you cry for me” while a dog, biting the man’s coattail, is barking, “Come back! Come back!” This sentiment is likely shared by the weeping woman to the right. Inscribed along the bottom of the block are the words “OFF FOR CALIFORNIA.”
It is believed that the owner of the quilt was Sophia Busch (b 1832) who married Jacob W. Miller (b 1825) in 1848. Jacob died in 1850. Sophia, who had no children, moved in with her sister, Eliza Jane Busch. Eliza (b 1835) married Joshua Harrington (b 1825). They had four children and from the family history which was provided by the donors of the quilt, it was passed down to the oldest child of each family for five generations. Winterthur added it to their collection thanks to the generous donation of the owners.
The price of the pattern is $40.00 plus $16.75 shipping and handling. (MD residents will also be charged $2.40 state sales tax). Proceeds from the pattern sales will go to the BAS.
Samuel Williams Quilt
Baltimore is internationally renown for the remarkable album quilts created in this city during the mid-nineteenth century. Among these, the extraordinary quilt made for Samuel Williams, now in the collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art, is perhaps the truest manifestation of this genre. Like the pages of a 19th-century album book from which the term album quilt derives, each block of this quilt features a different motif and the signature of a friend or relative of the recipient. Joined together, the individually made blocks comprise a highly personal keepsake to be treasured for a lifetime. Despite the tradition associated with its name, it is rare to find an album quilt in which all or even most of the blocks are signed.
The original recipient of the quilt, Samuel Williams, was a lay preacher and class leader in the Methodist church. In 1832 he married Mrs. Maria Wehner, whose name is found three times on the quilt. The name Mary Ann Wehner O’Laughlin, Maria’s daughter from her previous marriage, and the names of her grandchildren also appear. The quilt remained in the family for over 140 years until it was donated to the Baltimore Museum of Art by Serena O’Laughlin in 1988.
In 1999, in collaboration with the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Baltimore Applique Society began work on the reproduction of the Samuel Williams Quilt. This most ambitious historical quilt re-creation by the BAS for the Benefit of museums and historical societies, it is the product of thousands of hours of effort by over 100 volunteers working in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada, some of whom are descendants of Mr. Williams.
The forty-two blocks of this quilt exhibit a range of difficulty in design and quality of workman-ship from the simplest to the most accomplished. In addition to floral bouquets, wreaths, lyres, cornucopia, compotes brimming with fruit, and patriotic eagles, the quilt features squares that relate specifically to the history of Baltimore. A steam engine with railroad car resembles the engine once used by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; a funerary urn within a laurel wreath honors Colonel William H. Watson, a local hero who died in the Mexican-American War; and a flower bedecked obelisk represents the Baltimore Battle Monument, which commemorates the Battle of North Point in 1814. A unique and brilliantly executed triple-vine border – outstanding both for the technical ability and sophisticated sense of design it displays – surrounds the quilt, adding a cohesiveness that might otherwise have been missed.
The price of the pattern is $60.00 plus $16.76 shipping and handling. (MD residents will also be charged $3.60 state sales tax). Proceeds from the pattern sales will go to the BAS.
Baltimore Applique Society 25 Year Anniversary Block
The Baltimore Appliqué Society, established in 1993, is currently celebrating its 25th year. Over the years BAS has raised money in a variety of ways, including making raffle quilts and creating patterns from museum quilts. BAS has provided financial support for organizations including the American Quilt Study Group, the Maryland Historical Society, the Marie Webster House, the Maryland State Fair, the Virginia Quilt Museum, and the Baltimore Museum of Art.
When Marylou McDonald was asked for possible ideas for a Baltimore Appliqué 25-year block pattern, she created this special pattern, "The BAS 25 Year Anniversary Block". The pattern is for a 20" x 20" block, and includes a flower from each quilt which BAS has produced. The 25 berries represent the 25 years of the BAS.
The price for the pattern is $15.00 + $1.56 shipping (MD residents will also be charged $0.90 state sales tax ). Proceeds from the pattern sales will go to the BAS.
Baltimore Applique Society 25 Year Anniversary Charm Stamp
The Baltimore Appliqué Society, established in 1993, is currently celebrating its 25th year! A custom 5.5" x 5.5" charm stamp printed on 100% cotton fabric, has been created to celebrate the occasion. (The central patterned area is 4" x 4")
The price for the charm is $6.00 + $0.60 shipping (MD residents will be charged $0.36 state sales tax).
The Lady of Victory Quilt (1846 – 1847) Patterns
On Sale 50% Off, Now $25!
Mary Koval, the owner of the quilt, gave her permission to the BAS to produce patterns with all of the proceeds from the sales going to the BAS. Mary has produced a line of fabric from this quilt and donated the quilt to the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. This Baltimore Album Quilt is unique as it is the only BAQ with a 1812 Baltimore Battle Monument that has a Lady of Victory at the top.
The proceeds from the sale of the patterns will help the BAS to continue their efforts to preserve and promote the art of appliqué and quilt making and to support museums in their efforts to preserve their textile collections including antique Baltimore Album Quilts.
The pattern set includes 25 - 18"x18" patterns, border patterns, information on the history of the quilt and a CD-ROM containing a picture of each block for reference.
The patterns can be ordered by printing and completing the Lady of Liberty Quilt Pattern Order Form.
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Blocks from the Lady of Victory Quilt Click on photo to see larger image Photos by Marylou McDonald |
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The Margaret Potts Quilt Patterns
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The 85 block Margaret Potts Pennsylvania Quilt (1851-1858 ), was donated to the Winterthur Museum by the owner, Priscilla Miller Hart. She gave permission to trace the quilt with all of the proceeds from the sales of the patterns going to the BAS. This will help the BAS to continue their efforts to preserve and promote the art of appliqué and quiltmaking and to support museums in their efforts to preserve their textile collections.
The pattern set includes 85 - 9"x 9" patterns (4 per pattern sheet), information on the history of the quilt and blocks, and a color chart.
The patterns can be ordered by printing and completing the Margaret Potts Quilt Pattern Order Form.
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Blocks from the Potts Quilt Click on photo to see larger image Photos by Marylou McDonald |
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The Elizabeth MacCullough Hervey Quilt Patterns
Due to popular demand, the Hervey Quilt Patterns were reprinted and are now available.
This is the Baltimore Album Quilt that was auctioned by Northeast Auctions in NH in February 2006 for $58,000. This antique quilt is one of the very finest examples of a Baltimore Album Quilt not only in design but also in workmanship. Jan Whitlock, the purchaser of the quilt, gave permission to trace the quilt with all of the proceeds from the sales of the patterns going to the BAS. This will help the BAS to continue their efforts to preserve and promote the art of appliqué and quiltmaking and to support museums in their efforts to preserve their textile collections including antique Baltimore Album Quilts.
The pattern set includes 25 - 18"x18" patterns, 4 - 18"x18" corner border patterns and 4 - 11"x90" border patterns, information on the history of the quilt and blocks and a CD-ROM containing a picture of each block for reference.
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The 2008 Baltimore Album Quilt Engagement Calendar is still available!
Another must-have for admirers of Baltimore Album Quilts! This week-by-week spiral-bound appointment calendar book contains full photographs of twenty six antique Baltimore Album Quilts - many of which have never been previously photographed, displayed or published. This is more than just a calendar as it compares similar blocks, gives detailed descriptions and history based on current research of the twenty six quilts. The quilts in this calendar are divided into Styles 1, 2 and 3 and showing that there were most likely several designers in each Style.
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The following are links to photos and information about purchasing other Baltimore Album Quilt Patterns which are available only from the museums and not sold by BAS:
- Mary Mannakee Quilt Pattern Daughters of the American Revolution
- Mary Simon Quilt Pattern Daughters of the American Revolution
- Lovely Lane Quilt Pattern Lovely Lane Museum
- Old Otterbein Quilt Pattern Winterthur Museum
