美國MFA波士頓美術館中珍藏的拼布藝術精品

美國MFA波士頓美術館中珍藏的拼布藝術精品

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美國MFA波士頓美術館自1870年成立以來，一直在收集各類紡織品，並於1930年成立了一個由專門的策展人員組成的獨立紡織部門。今天，館藏的紡織品珍品數量達到了27000件以上，從令人難以置信的古老的秘魯編織，到最好的波斯地毯，從豪華的義大利文藝復興天鵝絨，到戲劇性的日本能劇服裝，今天我僅僅挑選其中那些拼布藝術品來和大家分享，更多的紡織品稍後一一分類和大家介紹。

Quilt

American

1853

Signed by F. Schufeld (American, 19th century)

Wall hanging or bed cover

American

about 1820

Mosaic pieced bed cover (or wall hanging) formed from thousands of printed cotton hexagons arranged in a composition of a large double-handled urn in a yellow ground as the center field, surrounded by a blue/brown outer border bearing the inscription: 「Robert Streeten」 on top-bottom and 1803 on the sides.

馬賽克拼接床罩（或壁掛）由數千個六邊形印花布碎片組成，排列成一個大型的花紋，中央是一塊醒目的黃色，周圍是藍棕色，上有銘文：「Robert Streeten「，年份1803在中央兩側。

American

second quarter 19th century

Pieced quilt in the pattern called 「Grandmothers』 Flower Garden」 created with hexagon-shaped mosaic. Hand-quilted with about 9 stitches per inch. Bound on 3 sides, with knife-edge hem on fourth; backed with off-white cotton plain weave.

這一拼布作品的花紋被稱為「祖母的花園」，由六角形馬賽克組成。 手工絎縫，每英寸約9針。三面綁定，第四邊有刀口下擺，背面是米白色棉質平紋布。

Pictorial quilt

American (Athens, Georgia)

1895–98

Harriet Powers (American, 1837–1910)

這個非同尋常的拼布被是由哈里特·鮑爾斯（Harriet Powers）所創造的，她是一位非洲裔美國女性，於1837年在喬治亞出生。她被奴役的生活表現在每一個方格內的圖像里。

Pieced quilt

American

Early 19th century

這幅拼布作品的中央是一顆「伯利恆之星」或「孤星」，周圍是貼花水果和葉子，所有的設計元素均採用各種印花棉質面料製成，用白色棉布為底布絎縫。

Album quilt

American

about 1847–50

Designed by Mary Heidenroder Simon (American (born in Lucktersbach, Bavaria, 1810))

巴爾的摩拼布由25分方塊圖像組成，中央的圖像是老鷹和旗幟，由花籃圍繞，可能由Mary Simon設計，她是出生於巴伐利亞的移民。

Pieced quilt

American

late 18th century

American

about 1986

Pieced quilt

American

mid-19th century

Crazy Quilt

Hexagon Beauty: Quilt

American

1880–90s

Fragment of a quilt

French or possibly English

19th century

Crazy quilt

American

1880–90

Crazy quilt

American

about 1884

Pictorial quilt

American (possibly Peru, Indiana)

1888

Quilt: Merinsu

Two hearts in harmony

Japanese

1998

Tomie Nagano (Japanese, born 1950)

Field of Diamonds quilt

Pieced quilt

The Diamond Field quilt

American

about 1860

Star of Bethlehem Quilt

Pieced quilt

American, New England

1820s

Quilt: October 18th

Pieced quilt

American

February 1987

Doreen Speckmann (1950–1999)

Seven Sisters Quilt

Pieced Quilt

American, Pennsylvania

about 1880

Thousand Pyramids Quilt

Pieced quilt

American, Mid-West

1900-1910

Log Cabin Quilt

Pieced Quilt

American, Ohio

about 1890

Quilt: Irish Chain

American

1840-1850s

Pieced Civil War Quilt

Wild Goose Chase

American, Ohio

1862

Catherine Fisher

Quilted bed cover

Crewelwork embroidery

originally bed hangings

American

1713 (original bed hangings)

Embroidered by Mary Drew Fifield (American, 1672–1713)

Embroidered by Mary Fifield Adams (American, 1694–1748)

Probably reworked by Bethiah Avery Grosvenor (1781–1833)

Silk pieced quilt

American

before 1895

Elizabeth Trull Welch Eldredge (American, 1817–1895)

Economy Patch Variation

Pieced Quilt

Quaker quilt

American, Quaker

about 1870

Buggy Lap Robe

Appliqued Quilt

Mennonite quilt

American, Pennsylvania, Mennonite

about 1900

Bed cover

Bed quilt

American

1841

Made by Abby Y. Palmer (American (Whitfield, Maine), 19th century)

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