#Ernestine Eberhardt Zaumseil

[the-cricket-chirps]

Ernestine Eberhardt Zaumseil

Branches and Vines Quilt

ca. 1875

[daughterofchaos]

Branches and Vines Quilt

ca. 1875

Ernestine Eberhardt Zaumseil

American (Illinois)

Cotton, silk, and wool

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[four-leeks]

[Image ID: a quilt depicting mostly-green vines and branches on a white background. End ID.]

Branches and Vines Quilt ca. 1875 Ernestine Eberhardt Zaumseil

[2yup]

Ernestine Eberhardt Zaumseil

[luckymohair]

Branches and Vines Quilt ca. 1875 Ernestine Eberhardt Zaumseil 

American

Working in the later years of the nineteenth century, Ernestine Zaumseil created this extraordinary quilt employing the Tree of Life pattern, a design that has been popular for use on bedcovers since the seventeenth century. The first Tree of Life bedcovers, called “palampores”, were of Indian origin and featured a stylized tree bearing fantastical fruits and flowers. An Indian palampore makes up the central panel of quilt 2014.263 in the American Wing's collection. In Zaumseil’s quilt, the trees and branches are much more realistic, in part because she seems to have traced leaves from actual trees and vines to serve as patterns for her appliquéd designs.

[unsubconscious]

‘Branches and Vines’ quilt (circa 1875).Cotton, silk and wool. Made by Ernestine Eberhardt Zaumseil (American, 1828–1904) in Pekin, Illinois.

-The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 

[the-met-art]

Branches and Vines Quilt by Ernestine Eberhardt Zaumseil, American Decorative Arts

Medium: Cotton, silk, and wool

Gift of George E. Schoellkopf, 2013 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/625591

[noirohiovtg]

Loving this quilt posted by the @metmuseum c. 1875 from Ernestine Eberhardt Zaumseil (what a mouth full of a name) 🌿 - she traced actual trees and vines to the patterns https://www.instagram.com/p/B-FUX3lDqAi/?igshid=58o5n3hud7bo

[inesurquijo]

Ernestine Eberhardt Zaumseil ‘Branches and Vines’ quilt (circa 1875).

[2yup]

Ernestine Eberhardt Zaumseil

[dadaspectrum]

Branches and Vines Quilt ca. 1875 Ernestine Eberhardt Zaumseil