ANTIQUE QUILTS AT THE AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM - With Rajiv Surendra

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Join me for a tour of the current exhibit at the American Folk Art Museum: An Ecology of Quilts, The Natural History of American Textiles. Thank you to Dr. Emelie Gevalt, Deputy Director & Chief Curator and Austin Losada, Art Bridges Fellow https://www.rajivsurendra.com/pages/shop 🔴 RECOMMENDED VIDEOS/PLAYLISTS 🎥 VIDEO: My Updated Apartment Tour: https://youtu.be/cwurWeffwNA 🎥 VIDEO: MY NYTimes Storage Organization Tour: https://youtu.be/XmYKT21Oi54 🎥 VIDEO: Tidying Your Mind: https://youtu.be/2-cyLX2eAn0 🎥 VIDEO: How to Wash your Whites: https://youtu.be/R87SIgGC20k 🎥 VIDEO: Wrapping Gifts Using No Tape: https://youtu.be/vm3dR4jhImU 🎥 VIDEO: How To Walk In Public: https://youtu.be/J8ekcTmj9SI 🎥 LIST: Rajiv Surendra's Playlist Season 1: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8oeCSojnMR42JWN44vX_hmJ0xCF1ZLG- ★ TABLE OF CONTENTS ★ - 0:00 | Introduction at American Folk Art Museum - 0:44 | Meeting Dr. Emily Javalte, Deputy Director - 1:18 | My Childhood Learning Textile Arts at Age 12 - 2:20 | The Spiritual Connection Between Humans and Textiles - 3:11 | The Full Life Cycle of a Quilt: From Fiber to Finished Work - 4:00 | Quilting Becomes an Iconic American Art Form - 4:45 | Whole Cloth Quilts: 18th Century Conspicuous Consumption - 5:48 | The Three Layers That Define a Quilt - 6:39 | Examining a Wool Whole Cloth Quilt from 1800 - 9:06 | White Work Quilts: Virtuosic Displays of Skill - 9:45 | Trapunto Technique: Three-Dimensional Stuffed Quilting - 12:18 | Show Quilts vs. Everyday Use Quilts - 13:44 | The Labor-Intensive Process of Whitening Cotton - 15:06 | Bleaching Greens in Dutch Landscape Paintings - 15:46 | The Complex Politics of Whiteness and Cotton - 16:49 | 1837 Patchwork Quilt with Chintz Fabric - 17:16 | The History of Chintz: From India to British Production - 19:08 | Quilting as Recycling and Storytelling - 20:31 | Iconic American Quilt Patterns and Their Names - 22:10 | Male Tailor's Quilt Made from Suiting Swatches - 23:27 | My Seventh Grade Home Economics Award Story - 24:37 | Examining Rajiv's Antique Quilt Purchase - 27:00 | Dating Antique Quilts and Victorian Crazy Quilts - 28:06 | The Colonial Revival and Return to Cotton - 28:37 | Rajiv's Personal Log Cabin Quilt Made from Family Saris - 30:24 | Quilting as Art Form vs. Gendered Craft - 30:54 | Donating the Sari Quilt to the Museum Collection 💡 TOPICS IN THIS VIDEO 💡 - American Folk Art Museum - Dr. Emily Javalte - Textile Arts Education - Living History Museums - Sheep Shearing - Wool Spinning - Natural Dyes - Weaving Techniques - Mass Production vs. Handcraft - Textile History - Quilting as American Art Form - 18th Century Quilts - Whole Cloth Quilts - Patchwork Quilting - Pieced Quilts - Quilt Construction (Three Layers) - Batting and Insulation - Quilting Stitches - Quilt Tops - Summer Bed Covers - Loom Width and Seams - White Work Quilts - Trapunto (Stuffed Work) - Three-Dimensional Quilting - Hand Stitching Techniques - Show Quilts - Agricultural Fair Competitions - Quilting Competitions - Cotton Processing - Chlorine Bleach History - Bleaching Greens - Dutch Landscape Paintings - Whiteness Industries - Enslaved Labor and Cotton - Chintz Fabric - Indian Textile Traditions - British Textile Production - Glazed Fabrics - Fabric Recycling in Quilts - Quilt Kits (1930s Revival) If you enjoy Rajiv's videos and would like to see more, please contribute to the gofundme campaign that is raising the funds to produce the content on this channel: https://gofund.me/fbcb3a22 ✅ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/rajivsurendra ✅ TikTok: http://www.tiktok.com/@Rajivsurendra_ ✅ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RajivSurendra 🔴 *** ABOUT THIS CHANNEL *** Welcome to my YouTube Channel! I've been immersed in the creative and domestic arts for all my life and its a real honor to be sharing my interests with you. Click here to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/rajivsurendra 🔎 HASHTAGS #americanfolkartmuseum #Rajivsurendra #diy