| 单词 | album quilt |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalbum quilt b. U.S. Of, relating to, or designating a handmade quilt comprising a variety of blocks, each made by a different person and often bearing the signature of the contributor; as album block, album quilt.Album quilts were popular in the mid 19th cent. and were traditionally made to commemorate events or as gifts for people moving away from an area. ΚΠ 1845 Evangelical Mag. 8 Aug. 255/1 Just so we all felt and acted yesterday, on receiving from Utica, an Album Quilt, composed and put together by more than 100 of our friends. 1854 L. Linden Chestnut Wood II. iii. 52 An album bed quilt, with the solemn verse..marked upon the plain white centre square, and upon every other square of which it was composed, was written the name of the maker and donor. 1894 J. E. Wood Untempered Wind xi. 124 Ann's got eight quilts all pieced now; this is the album pattern. 1901 E. E. Bailey Happy Day xii. 257 We were especially remembered by the church with the beautiful album quilt. 1995 M. Cobb Quilt-block Hist. Pioneer Days 14 The quilt makers would agree upon a certain album block, and then each person in the group would make up the quilt block in their own choice of fabrics. 2001 Sunday Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 8 July e6/1 The quilts on exhibit at the MHS tell the entire story of the history of the album quilt tradition. < as lemmas |
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