In search of beauty ?
This is a small but fine collection of American quilts for sale with an emphasis on traditional Amish quilts from Pennsylvania and Ohio (1870 - 1920).
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The private collection of Monika Willi - one of
the oldest Amish quilt collections in Europe - was assembled almost 30
years ago. So far it was displayed in important museums in Switzerland and
France:
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Amish Quilts at the Musée d'Art et
d'Histoire, Geneva and the Musée d'Impressions sur Etoffes, Mulhouse
1975
Quilts des Amish 1870-1930 at the Musée des
arts décoratifs, Lausanne 1988
Going West at the Schweizerisches
Landesmuseum, Zürich 1994. Exhibition catalog to order
L’étoffe du relief – Quilts, boutis et
autres textiles matelassés, at the Musée d’art et d’histoire Genf
2006, and at the Musée d’impressions sur Etoffes, Mulhouse (May -
December) 2007
Special exhibition of amish quilts and dresses at the Deutsches
Textilmuseum Krefeld (18.05 - 24.08.2008)
Von Diamanten und Lumpenpüppchen - Quilts und Kleider der Amish. Exhibition catalog available.
http://www.krefeld.de/textilmuseum
Up to date:The Tokyo
International Great Quilt Festival 2009
A Festival of Fabric, Needle and Thread
Friday, January 16 - Saturday January 24 2009
Exhibition venue: Tokyo Dome
Location: 1-3 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo JAPAN
"Treasured Amish and other American Antique Quilts: New World Quilts of
19th Century America"
This exhibition will display a selection of amish masterpieces from my
collection, together with antique quilts from the collection of the Musée
d'art et d'histoire, Geneva.
http://www.tokyo-dome.co.jp/e/quilt/
A choice of exquisite quilts from the collection
FENCE ROW
Pennsylvania or Ohio
circa
1900
Cotton 197 x 180 cm
SUNSHINE AND SHADOW
Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania
circa 1880
Wool 187 x 187 cm
BABYBLOCKS
Pennsylvania
circa 1880
Wool
215 x 186 cm
The collection stresses abstract design, bold color
combinations and fine workmanship. This group of quilts contains very
traditional quilt patterns such as:
Diamond in the Square, Bars,
Inside Border, Sunshine and Shadow, 9-Patch, Star of Bethlehem,
Baskets, as well as unique design creations. It expresses the
spiritual environment and formal inventiveness of the women who produced
these quilts in America at the turn of the 19th to the 20th
century.
For further information please contact Monika Willi
Hottingerstrasse
14a
CH-8032 Zürich
Tel. +41(0)1 251 23 52
e-mail: amish(a)quiltgallery.ch
A catalog ( total 110 pages, available in German or
French) contains a 10 page article Schlichtheit und Perfektion: die
Quilts der Amischen, written by Monika Willi and illustrated with full
size color reproductions of quilts from her collection. Catalog price:
SFr. 23.- (+ mailing). Order by :
e-mail: amish(a)quiltgallery.ch
„L’étoffe du relief. Quilts, boutis et autres
textiles matelassés“. Exhibition catalog, total 264 pages, 303
illustrations, including a great number of articles written by numerous
specialists, among others Alexandre Fiette, Jacqueline Jacqué, Monika
Willi etc. Orders can be made under :
e-mail: info(a)librart.ch