maandag 12 oktober 2015

The Polak collection


Last Sunday I went to Amsterdam to see the Polak quilt collection. I am so glad I had the opportunity to see these quilts, they are superb!
One of the reasons I love quilts so much is the fabrics, I love quilts with many, many fabrics, scrap quilts are a particular favorite of mine and these quilts…. well, I could not get enough of them, have a look!



This quilt (above, 1891 – 1911 Ohio) has 13.158 pieces!







The pieces were soooooo small!




Can you imagine the patience it took to make these..??


This was my favorite of the pieced quilts, love the red/pink fabrics in it and the movement in the quilt (New England ca. 1880).

 


And then this one.. fabrics, fabrics, fabrics!



Not only do I love the patterns, and the thousands of very, very small pieces of fabric, the quality of the quilts is excellent.
There was a beautiful Baltimore applique quilt too (Baltimore, ca 1860):


 

(Sorry about the slanted pictures of some the quilts, there was not always enough room to stand back far enough to take a straight picture of a whole quilt.Unfortunately I only had the camera of my phone available.)

 
The hand quilting was beautiful too:

 



There were some Amish quilts too, but their beauty does not show on the pictures.

I thought I had seen at least some of the quilts before. During my conversation with Mrs. Polak it turned out they were exhibited in 2002, so I must have seen them then.

I certainly hope it will not be that long before we get a chance to see them again.

I would like to thank the family Polak again for exhibiting these quilts, it was a very special afternoon and I am so happy I was able to take all these pictures, I can just keep on looking at them, hope you enjoy them too.

Phyllis

24 opmerkingen:

  1. Super dat je ook bent gaan kijken, deze gelegenheid krijgen we niet vaak. Ik heb ook erg genoten!

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  2. Ja ze zijn prachtig en wat een geduld moeten de maaksters gehad hebben.

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  3. Ze waren inderdaad prachtig, ik heb vooral genoten van de quilts met de hele kleine stukjes. Maar ook de andere quilts waren prachtig.
    Groeten

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  4. Fijn dat je op de valreep ook nog kon gaan! wat een geweldige tentoonstelling hè? Wij hebben er ook uitgebreid van genoten.

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  5. Ghana you for sharing y photos. They are all such exquisite quilts.

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  6. Fabulous! Thank you for sharing. :-)

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  7. Geweldig, dat ik ook via jouw blog en de mooie foto's heb kunnen meegenieten van deze expositie, want het gaat er hier echt niet van komen. Ik vind ze prachtig, deze antieke quilts, en die applicatie-quilt vind ik helemaal een topper!
    Groetjes van Ageeth

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  8. These quilts are so beautiful! I love scrap quilts, and old quilts, and especially old scrappy quilts - so this post was such a treat! Thank you!

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  9. What a great exhibit. I'm so glad these kinds of quilts are available for viewing and are obviously treasured. Thanks for sharing!

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  10. Thanks for sharing Phyllis, there’s so much detail in those quilts!

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  11. prachtig, helaas door tijdgebrek gaat dit aan mij voorbij, maar kan ik toch genieten van jouw foto"s

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  12. Such an interesting collection of quilts. Some of them with so many pieces must have been very time consuming to make. Makes a wonderful study of the old fabrics.

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  13. Dr Polak and his wife used to come to my gallery in New York City and bought quilts. I wondered what happened to them; and here's news of their exhibition! I moved to an art warehouse in Chelsea where I see people by appointment only. Do tell the Polaks I have moved downtown, and would love to see them. They bought some of my favorites with many pieces.
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  14. It was lovely of you to add all of these beautiful quilts Phyliss. They are incredible. I really enjoyed seeing them.

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  15. Wat een mooie quilts ! Ik kon er ook helaas niet naar toe, maar heb gelukkig de blogs van Judith Ebbelaar, Yvonne van Rijn en nu van jou kunnen lezen en kunnen genieten van de mooie foto's. Ik ben ook vooral weg van die mooie sterrenquilt.

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  16. Merci de nous montrer ces trésors ! Amitié

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  17. found you on ' justusquilters' following you on bloglovin now

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  18. Beautiful quilts, how special you were able to see them!

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