As part of the ongoing 150th anniversary of the Civil War at the Smithsonian Institution, the Around the Mall team will be reporting in a series of posts on some of the illustrative artifacts held by ...

In the 1840s, the idea of friendship quilts, also known as signature or autograph quilts, started. These types of quilts came in and out of fashion but, in general, were given as gifts to friends who ...

A rare autograph quilt crafted more than a century ago is providing historians a snapshot of Australian life in the late 1800s. But they need help from the public to fully understand the secrets woven ...

The Autograph or Signature Quilt was a popular way of raising money for clubs and churches in the late 1800s. This week’s historical treasure has over 1,000 names embroidered on the quilt top.

A friendship quilt is like a well-autographed yearbook that keeps you warm. To add something personal, a quiltmaker sends fabric swatches to friends to sign and then sews the patches into the quilt’s ...

An elderly Canberra resident, Doreen Godtschalk, has been identified as a descendant of a key Melbourne family whose names appear on a rare 1894 autograph quilt in the National Museum of Australia.

Current issues are now on the Chicago Journals website. Read the latest issue.The Metropolitan Museum Journal presents richly illustrated studies of works in the Museum"s collection, including ...