{
    "title": {
        "media": {
          "url": "/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/met1.jpg",
          "caption": "On point Baltimore album quilt top",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Baltimore Album Quilts Timeline",
          "text": "This is a digital library collecting examples of Baltimore Album Quilts as well as quilts from the mid-Atlantic region related to the historic style, which was developed and popularized in the city of Baltimore during the 1840s and 1850s."
        }
    },
    "events": [
      {
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/aic1.jpg",
          "caption": "Album quilt",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt001",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1854"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Album quilt",
          "text": "An album quilt created during its height of the Baltimore style's popularity, which has some aesthetic overlaps. It depicts African American figures, possibly the creator's own family, in familial and domestic contexts. The heart in hand appears in Baltimore Album quilts as an Odd Fellow/Masonic symbol, but may have another meaning here."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/bma1.jpg",
          "caption": "Prince George's county album quilt",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt002",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1856"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Prince George's county album quilt",
          "text": "A quilt characterized by botanical blocks with distinctively jumbled orientations."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/bma2.jpg",
          "caption": "Magruder and friends album quilt",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt003",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1846"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Magruder and friends album quilt",
          "text": "An example of the style's dense blocks of symbolic imagery."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/bma3.jpg",
          "caption": "Child's album quilt",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt004",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1850"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Child's album quilt",
          "text": "A small quilt with a traditional green and red color scheme."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/cw1.jpg",
          "caption": "Leonard Williams album quilt",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt005",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1860"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Leonard Williams album quilt",
          "text": "A late and simplified example of the style, notably without the dominant red and green color scheme."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/cw2.jpg",
          "caption": "Eggleston Signature album quilt top",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt006",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1844"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Eggleston Signature album quilt top",
          "text": "A quilt likely assembled by Frances Eggleston, wife of Methodist minister Rev. William George Eggleston, out of blocks made by friends from congregations on the circuit they served between 1844 and 1847."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/cw3.jpg",
          "caption": "Ringgold monument album quilt",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt007",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1847"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Ringgold monument album quilt",
          "text": "Quilted by Sarah Anne Whittington Lankford Miles from professionally made blocks purchased at an auction held in Baltimore by the Order of the Masons. One block is a memorial of Major Samuel Ringgold, a Maryland soldier who died during the Mexican-American war."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/cw4.jpg",
          "caption": "Civil monuments album quilt",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt008",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1850"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Civil monuments album quilt",
          "text": "An elaborately appliquéd quilt depicting four Baltimore and District of Columbia monuments. The eagle over the Washington monument holds a banner inscribed in Latin, \"E Pluribus Unum.\""
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/cw5.jpg",
          "caption": "Covington Palmatary album quilt",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt009",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1850"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Covington Palmatary album quilt",
          "text": "The diamond-shaped, on point blocks and wide sashing are a dramatic variation on the Baltimore style; the sideways design is better comprehended once placed on a bed."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/cw6.jpg",
          "caption": "Danner album quilt",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt010",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1856"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Danner album quilt",
          "text": "A quilt believed to be made by three sisters-in-law, inscribed in ink with a verse from the Bible, Ecclesiastes 12:1."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/lacma1.jpg",
          "caption": "Child's fringed album quilt",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt011",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1847"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Child's fringed album quilt",
          "text": "A small quilt with fringe on all four borders."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/met1.jpg",
          "caption": "On point Baltimore album quilt top",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt012",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1845"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "On point Baltimore album quilt top",
          "text": "An on point quilt top whose blocks are oriented in the directions of its four corners, with pieced star blocks as well as appliquéd designs in the Baltimore style."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/met2.jpg",
          "caption": "Mary Simon album quilt",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt013",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1849"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Mary Simon album quilt",
          "text": "A quilt of unknown provenance possibly made by Mary Hergenroder Simon, a professional quiltmaker in Baltimore and one of the most prominent designers of the style. "
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/met3.jpg",
          "caption": "Brown and Turner family Album Quilt",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt014",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1846"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Brown and Turner family Album Quilt",
          "text": "It is theorized that the blocks of this quilt were created by the family and friends of Mary Brown Turner to commemorate the birth of her child in 1847. The blocks were attached and quilted by machine, likely in the 1860s or later by her daughter. The blocks signed by Mary Ann O'Laughlen and Elizabeth Morrison, whose names appear on other Baltimore album quilts, are the most intricately designed."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/mfab1.jpg",
          "caption": "Georgina Eltonhead's album quilt",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt015",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1847"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Georgina Eltonhead's album quilt",
          "text": "Quilt with floral motifs made for Georgina Eltonhead in 1847, likely on the occasion of her marriage."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/mfab2.jpg",
          "caption": "Hunting album quilt",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt016",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1847"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Hunting album quilt",
          "text": "Quilt with hunting scenes and the Goddess of Liberty. Central squares possibly designed by Mary Simon."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/nmah1.jpg",
          "caption": "Susan and Henry Underwood's album quilt top",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt017",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1844"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Susan and Henry Underwood's album quilt top",
          "text": "A quilt top presented to Susan and Henry Underwood by their family and friends associated with the Methodist Church. It was likely intended that Susan finish the quilt after being given blocks or the assembled top."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/nmah2.jpg",
          "caption": "Sophia Denty's floral appliquéd quilt top",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt018",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1840"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Sophia Denty's floral appliquéd quilt top",
          "text": "According to the family, the simple, floral designs of the quilt top were inspired by the English garden of the home Denty moved to shortly after she was married in 1832."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/nmah3.jpg",
          "caption": "Rebecca Diggs' commemorative appliqued quilt top",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt019",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1840"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Rebecca Diggs' commemorative appliqued quilt top",
          "text": "A quilt signed by Rebecca Diggs with motifs that commemorate William Henry Harrison’s “log cabin and cider” presidential campaign of 1840."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/nmah4.jpg",
          "caption": "Rev. Nadal's Baltimore album quilt top",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt020",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1847"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Rev. Nadal's Baltimore album quilt top",
          "text": "A quilt given to Rev. Bernard Nadal by his Baltimore congregation, likely presented as a gift on his departure to Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, with inked farewell inscriptions and drawings."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/nmah5.jpg",
          "caption": "Mary Jane Moran's bride's quilt",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt021",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1845"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Mary Jane Moran's bride's quilt",
          "text": "A delicate, silk quilt created by Mary Jane Green Moran at the beginning of her marriage. Closely quilted with fringe on three sides. Moran showed and won awards for her needlework at fairs and exhibitions."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/nmah6.jpg",
          "caption": "Margaret Day's album quilt",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt022",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1855"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Margaret Day's album quilt",
          "text": "A quilt made in the District of Columbia for Margaret Day when she moved to Baltimore, Maryland."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/pma1.jpg",
          "caption": "Botanical album quilt",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt023",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1840"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Botanical album quilt",
          "text": "A sampler quilt of plush, padded botanical appliqué. It uses similar techniques to the Baltimore album quilt but has an appreciably distinct aesthetic."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/objects/slam1.jpg",
          "caption": "Morrison friendship album quilt",
          "link": "https://iblooston.github.io/Baltimore-Album-Quilts/item.html?id=quilt024",
          "credit": "Baltimore Album Quilts"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1848"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Morrison friendship album quilt",
          "text": "A quilt presented to Elizabeth Morrison by a group of eight Methodist church women, inscribed \"Friendship's Offering\" and \"Friendship's Gift.\" Also inscribed with a political reference to General Zachary Taylor, who would become president in 1849."
        }
      }
    ]
}