Object Details
Artist
attributed to the King Family
Date
ca. 1920
Medium
Cotton; pieced and hand-quilted
Dimensions
81 x 80 inches (205.7 x 203.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired through the Visitors’ Contribution Fund
Object
Number
86.020
The Diamond design is unique to the Amish in Pennsylvania. This fine example is attributed to the Ki(…)
The Diamond design is unique to the Amish in Pennsylvania. This fine example is attributed to the King family of Lancaster. Amish tend to prefer deep, saturated colors in a limited range for their quilts; the combinations are unusual and sometimes surprising. The large, open color fields of this quilt are filled with intricately patterned quilting as in other Amish Diamond quilts. Typically there is a band of colored edging around the outer border.
