被子，相册图案 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	被子，相册图案
品名（英）	Quilt, Album pattern
入馆年号	1952年，52.103
策展部门	美国之翼（The American Wing）
创作者	First Reform Churches of Fishkill and Hopewell【美国人】
创作年份	公元 1852 - 公元 1860
创作地区	制造于: 美国, 达切斯县, 纽约（Made in: United States, Dutchess County, New York）
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尺寸	83 1/2 x 84 1/2 英寸 (212.1 x 214.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	专辑被子在十九世纪中叶非常流行，并在全国各地制作。他们经常纪念一个特定的事件，如出生、结婚、退休或休假。然而，有时制作这种类型的被子纯粹是为了承认和表达将那些为它们做出贡献的人联系在一起的友谊纽带。虽然个别制造商的签名确实出现在一些块上，但日期和地名都没有出现在这条被子上。它被认为是在纽约州东南部制造的，因为在被子上发现的不寻常的名字与达奇斯县的菲什基尔和霍普韦尔镇的名字相匹配。一些制造商的名字可以在这些城镇的荷兰第一归正教会的记录中找到。从风格上讲，被子的年代可能在 1840 年至 1870 年之间。然而，最早的日期似乎是1855-60年左右，因为尽管被子的其余部分是手工缝制的，但白色棉边装订是通过机器缝制到被子上的。缝纫机只有在 1860 年左右才可供制造商使用。
介绍（英）	Album quilts were extremely popular in the mid-nineteenth century and were made in every part of the country. They often commemorated a particular event such as a birth, marriage, retirement, or leave-taking. Sometimes, however, this type of quilt was made purely to acknowledge and give expression to the bonds of friendship that linked those who contributed to them. Although the signatures of individual makers do appear on some of the blocks, neither dates nor place names appear on this quilt. It is thought to have been made in southeastern New York State because the unusual names found on the quilt match those found in the towns of Fishkill and Hopewell in Dutchess County. Some of the makers' names were found in the records of the Dutch First Reformed churches for these towns. Stylistically, the quilt could be dated between 1840 and 1870. Nevertheless, a date of about 1855–60 at the earliest seems most likely because, although the rest of the quilt is handstitched, the white cotton edge binding has been sewn to the quilt by machine. A sewing machine would only have become available to the makers around 1860.