国立アメリカ歴史博物館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (国立アメリカ歴史博物館Instagram)「Harriet Powers, an African American woman from Clarke County, Georgia, made this Bible Quilt quilt in late 1800s. Powers exhibited the quilt at the Athens Cotton Fair of 1886 where it captured the imagination of Jennie Smith, a young internationally-trained local artist. Smith later wrote: "I have spent my whole life in the South, and am perfectly familiar with thirty patterns of quilts, but I had never seen an original design, and never a living creature portrayed in patchwork, until the year 1886. . .The scenes on the quilt were biblical and I was fascinated." Impressed, Smith offered to buy the quilt, but Powers told her "it was not for sale at any price." 🧵 Four years later, a financial hardship forced Powers to reconsider Smith's offer. She agreed to sell the quilt, but only after carefully describing each of the 11 panels. Briefly, the subjects are Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, a continuance of Paradise with Eve and a son, Satan amidst the seven stars, Cain killing his brother Abel, Cain goes into the land of Nod to get a wife, Jacob's dream, the baptism of Christ, the crucifixion, Judas Iscariot and the thirty pieces of silver, the Last Supper, and the Holy Family. 🧶 Harriet Powers was born enslaved near Athens, Georgia on October 29, 1837. At a young age, she married Armstead Powers. Together, they had at least nine children. #AmericanHistory #WomensHistory #BecauseOfHerStory #BlackHistory #AfricanAmericanHistory #Quilt #IGQuiltFest #ReligiousHistory We’re sharing quilts from the national collection as we count down to the opening of Everyday Luxury, an exhibition of silk quilts. Everyday Luxury is made possible by the generous support of the Barbara Coffey Quilt Endowment and Ambassador Nicholas F. Taubman and Mrs. Eugenia L. Taubman.」7月26日 8時12分