Textile Talk - Cultivating Culture: Botany, Gardening and Nineteenth Century American Quilts

The connection between women and plants is perhaps as old as human history. Knowledge of plants in early civilizations was inextricably linked to people’s needs for food and medicine. Women were often the primary gatherers of plant foods, so they needed a basic, practical knowledge of herbs and plants.
Gardening-especially the cultivation of flowers-became one of the most pervasive influences in the lives of 19th century American women. Women were encouraged by popular women’s magazines to cultivate flower gardens to benefit from the exercise that gardening provided, as well as to demonstrate their cultivated taste. Scientists, theologians and popular writers extolled the virtues of women who understood floriculture and decorated their homes with fresh flowers and furnished them with floral textiles, in curtains, upholstered furniture and quilts.
Curator of Collections Carolyn Ducey oversees new acquisitions and ongoing care of the museum’s collection. She has curated a number of exhibitions, including "Chintz Appliqué: From Imitation to Icon.” She is the author of multiple articles, monographs and books. She co-edited American Quilts in the Industrial Age: 1760-1870 with Dr. Patricia Crews. Dr. Ducey earned a Masters of Arts in American art history from Indiana University in 1998, and her doctorate in Textiles, Clothing & Design, with an emphasis in quilt studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2010.
“Textile Talks” features weekly presentations and panel discussions from the International Quilt Museum, the Modern Quilt Guild, Quilt Alliance, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, Studio Art Quilt Associates and Surface Design Association. The programs will be held online at 2 p.m. Eastern (11 a.m. Pacific) each Wednesday.
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[@MIROIRGOOX]

Thank you for these informative Textile Talks. I can not visit the museum because of distance, but your videos are the next best thing. I hope that you are able to continue to provide them.

[@kristina2417]

Thank you for these videos they are highly valued and appreciated!

[@kristinquilts]

Thank you for posting these. I think they are live in the afternoon (?) and I'm unable to join then.