The assimilation of German folk designs on Maryland quilts.

The Magazine Antiques | February 1, 1996| | Copyright

Quilts made in Maryland during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries reflect the history and culture of the people who settled there.(1) The English colonists, who settled first in the Tidewater region around Baltimore and then migrated to the Piedmont and mountainous regions of western Maryland, established large tobacco plantations based on slave labor. The Germans, who also settled in this area, lived primarily on small farms of 150 to 300 acres and cultivated wheat and other grains. They brought with them a strong tradition of folk designs, which, thanks to the "friendly ...

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