被子，伯利恒之星图案变化 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	被子，伯利恒之星图案变化
品名（英）	Quilt, Star of Bethlehem pattern variation
入馆年号	1962年，62.144
策展部门	美国之翼（The American Wing）
创作者	Ellen Morton Littlejohn【1826 至 1899】【美国人】
创作年份	公元 1834 - 公元 1850
创作地区	制造于: 美国, 洛根县, 肯塔基州, 路易维尔（Made in: United States, Logan County, Kentucky, Russelville, ("The Knob")）
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尺寸	88 1/4 x 87 1/8 英寸 (224.2 x 221.3 厘米)
介绍（中）	多色和有图案的丝绸构成了非常精细的星形块。这些图案与未切割的花纹块交替，形成粉红色和绿色的可变丝绸。这些未切割的积木被复杂地缝合和填充，每个积木上都有不同的植物或花朵。填充区域和击球使用了Carded棉。被子的边缘用淡紫色的丝绸包裹，背面是实心的粉红色釉面棉两个姐妹，都是为Marmaduke Beckwith Morton工作的被奴役的非裔美国人，制作了这床丝绸被子，它结合了美丽的工艺和精致的设计。它最初装饰着莫顿家庭座位上的一张床，被称为"旋钮"。被子是由"伯利恒之星"图案的拼接块组成的。在街区之间的空隙中，素色的丝绸区域装饰着绗缝的花卉和蕨类图案，每种图案都不同。被称为"艾伦阿姨"和"玛格丽特阿姨"的绗缝工出生于"The Knob"；他们的母亲"夏娃阿姨"是莫顿十二个孩子的"妈妈"，其中包括马尔马杜克，马尔马杜克最终拥有了她的孩子。在莫顿家族的回忆中，艾伦被称为一名出色的裁缝，而她的妹妹玛格丽特则是多年的家庭厨师。即使在奴隶制被废除后，Ellen仍继续在"The Knob"工作，并照顾Marmaduke Morton直到1887年去世。
介绍（英）	Multicolored and patterned silks make up the very finely pieced star blocks. These alternate with unpieced blocks to a pink-and-green changeable silk. The unpieced blocks have been intricately quilted and stuffed, each with a different plant or flower. Carded cotton was used for the stuffed areas and the batting. The edge of the quilt is bound with lavender silk, and the backing is of solid pink glazed cotton. Two sisters, both enslaved African-Americans who worked for Marmaduke Beckwith Morton, made this silk quilt, which combines beautiful workmanship and sophisticated design. It originally adorned one of the beds in Morton’s family seat, known as "The Knob". The quilt is composed of pieced blocks in the "Star of Bethlehem" pattern. In the interstices between the blocks, the plain silk areas are decorated with quilted floral and fern patterns, each one different. The quiltmakers, known as "Aunt Ellen" and "Aunt Margaret", were born at "The Knob"; their mother, "Aunt Eve" was the "mammy" to twelve Morton children, including Marmaduke, who then eventually owned her children. In Morton family remembrances, Ellen was known as a good seamstress, while her younger sister Margaret was the family cook for many years. Even after slavery was abolished, Ellen continued to work at "The Knob", and cared for Marmaduke Morton up until his death in 1887.