Color & Comfort: Quilts in Context
Date and Time
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Sept. 24. 7:30pm - 8i:30pm
Location
online
Fees/Admission
Free for member/donors $15 for non-members
Contact Information
Meredith Affleck
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Description
Quilts and coverlets, in addition to being examples of outstanding needlework and beautiful works of art, have symbolic value and functional purposes. They hold many meanings for people and have played a central functional role in the domestic interior for centuries. In his talk, Dr. Gerry Ward will examine some of the symbolic meanings of quilts, and also look at them in the context of the bed chamber, examining them as one element in a constellation of related objects and examining changing patterns and rhythms of life over and under the covers.
