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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 33 (1998)
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 33

"'A Marvel of Woman's Ingenious and Intellectual Industry': The Adeline Harris Sears Autograph Quilt"

Peck, Amelia
1998
28 pages
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Amelia Peck

Amelia Peck graduated from Brown University, and received an MS in historic preservation from Columbia University. Her areas of expertise include American textiles and period rooms. In her more than 30 years at the Museum, she has curated numerous exhibitions and installations, and has been the author or general editor of many publications, including Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500–1800 (2013).

Selected publications

Quilt, Tumbling Blocks with Signatures pattern, Adeline Harris Sears  American, Silk, American
Adeline Harris Sears
begun 1856
Quilt, Album pattern, Brown and Turner families, Cotton, American
Multiple artists/makers
begun 1846