Written in Thread: The Evolution of Quilting in the Bethel and Aurora Colonies

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dc.contributor.advisorNarath, Alberten_US
dc.contributor.authorFlier, Hannahen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-11T19:57:35Z
dc.date.available2013-07-11T19:57:35Z
dc.date.issued2013-07-11
dc.description.abstractAccording to current models, 19th century American quilts are presented as simple objects of cultural heritage or considered for their similarities to other forms of modern art. This thesis follows a three part approach in order to study these objects which are valuable sources of historical information in their full context. This approach includes the historical, social/aesthetic, and material contexts of the objects. The topic of the study is the quilts of the Bethel and Aurora colonies, 19th century Christian "utopian" sects in Missouri and Oregon. While societies such as the Bethel and Aurora colonies shunned many aspects of modernization, quilts appear to be an area of connection with the outside world. The quilts serve as material evidence for the tension between communal and secular worldviews in the colonies.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/12948
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.en_US
dc.subjectAurora Colonyen_US
dc.subjectOregonen_US
dc.subjectBethelen_US
dc.subjectMissourien_US
dc.subjectOregon Trailen_US
dc.subjectQuiltsen_US
dc.subjectTextilesen_US
dc.subjectUtopiasen_US
dc.titleWritten in Thread: The Evolution of Quilting in the Bethel and Aurora Coloniesen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of the History of Art and Architectureen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregonen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.A.en_US

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