Sunday, April 24, 2016

A Heavenly Vision From North Carolina

Emily Maxwell and her Heavenly Vision Quilt
about 1955

I found this charming quilt and its story at the North Carolina Museum of History.

Heavenly Vision made by Emily Margaret Eller Maxwell (1867-1957) 
North Carolina, 1952
85 x 67"
Collection North Carolina Museum of History


 Maxwell "said that she had been sent a vision of heaven and that God told her to make this quilt."
Note the "HV."


The Museum has a wide-ranging collection and the website gives much detail about the quilts and the makers. It's really an exemplary site.

http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/Collections/Search-the-Collections

Quilt from the Roach Family


Friendship quilt, apparently made in New York,
date inscribed 1845-1855
Collection North Carolina Museum of History





Medallion with a pillar print center


Collection North Carolina Museum of History



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2 comments:

  1. Suzanne AApril 24, 2016 at 9:26 AM

    Fantastic. I didn't know this collection existed.

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  2. WoolenSailsApril 24, 2016 at 7:07 PM

    That is an amazing quilt and reminds me of what other artists have done to interpret heaven.
    What a treasure and always love the stories with the old quilts.

    Debbie

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