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A Hawaiian quilt.

A Hawaiian quilt is a distinctive

applique
patterns. Motifs often work stylized botanical designs in bold colors on a white background.

Hawaiian quilt applique is made from a single cut on folded fabric. Quilting stitches normally follow the contours of the applique design.

History

Hawaiian quilting derives from the

kapa moe, an indigenous bed cover textile. Kapa was constructed from the inner bark of local trees. Traditional kapa was beaten and felted, then dyed
in geometric patterns.

Quilting may have begun in the Hawaiian islands with the arrival of missionaries and Western fabrics in the 1820s. The climate of Hawaii is unsuitable for cotton cultivation and kapa is unsuitable for quilting so all Hawaiian quilts are constructed from imported material. The earliest written reference comes from Isabella Bird who visited Hawaii in 1870 and wrote a travelogue Six Months in the Sandwich Islands.

Flag quilts

Another Hawaiian quilt style is the Hawaiian flag quilt, also known as Ku’u Hae Aloha ("My Beloved Flag" or "Lost Beloved Flag"

Hawaiian Royal Family or crown.[2] Flag quilts combine pieced work with appliqued motifs, unlike other traditional Hawaiian quilts, which do not use pieced work.[2]

Flag quilts may have originated as early as 1843,[1] when Lord George Paulet claimed the Hawaiian Islands for the British and ordered all Hawaiian flags destroyed.[2] Many of these flag quilts date back to the overthrow of the monarchy, when displaying the Hawaiian flag was considered treason. Quilts bearing symbols of the monarchy were a form of silent resistance.[3]

  • Kuʻu Hae Aloha (My Beloved Flag), Hawaiian cotton quilt from Waimea, before 1918, Honolulu Museum of Art
    Kuʻu Hae Aloha (My Beloved Flag), Hawaiian cotton quilt from Waimea, before 1918, Honolulu Museum of Art
  • Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I ka Pono-Halepualani, Hawaiian quilt, silk satin, wool batting, cotton, Honolulu Museum of Art
    Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I ka Pono-Halepualani, Hawaiian quilt, silk satin, wool batting, cotton, Honolulu Museum of Art
  • Na Kihapai Nani Lua ʻOle O Edena a Me Elenale (The Beautiful Unequaled Gardens of Eden and of Elenale), Hawaiian cotton quilt, before 1918, Honolulu Museum of Art
    Na Kihapai Nani Lua ʻOle O Edena a Me Elenale (The Beautiful Unequaled Gardens of Eden and of Elenale), Hawaiian cotton quilt, before 1918, Honolulu Museum of Art

Other styles

Queen Liliuokalani Quilt, ʻIolani Palace

Hawaiian quilters also made other styles of quilts including embroidering quilts and

Queen Liliuokalani
during her internment after the overthrow of the monarchy.

Value

Antique flag quilts fetch higher prices than applique quilts: high quality flag quilts may be valued at $40,000 - $60,000 while applique quilts sell for $9000 – $15,000. Factors that affect price include the quality of the original construction, preservation of the item's color and physical integrity, and provenance.[4]

See also

References

  • Serrao, Poakalani, The Hawaiian quilt, A spiritual experience, Reflection on its history, heritage, designing, quilting methods and patterns, Honolulu, Mutual Pub., 1997.
  • Severson, Don R., Finding Paradise, Island Art in Private Collections, University of Hawaii Press, 2002, 237-254.

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Hollander, Stacy (2010). "Hawaiian Flag Quilt". American Folk Art Museum Collection. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
  2. ^ a b c Hammond, Joyce D., "Hawaiian Flag Quilts: Multivalent Symbols of a Hawaiian Quilt Tradition" (1993). Anthropology. Paper 14. http://cedar.wwu.edu/anthropology_facpubs/14
  3. ^ "Nokaoi Magazine".
  4. Antiques Road Show[1]

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