メトロポリタン美術館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (メトロポリタン美術館Instagram)「How does a 17-year-old in the 19th century get ahold of Charles Dickens, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and eight U.S. presidents? By mail, of course. 📫 ⁣ ⁣ In 1856, Adeline Harris thought up a one-of-a-kind quilt-making project. The premise was simple: Send small, diamond-shaped pieces of white silk to people she admired, and ask each to sign and return it.⁣ ⁣ By the time the signatures were returned and ready to be stitched together, Adeline had amassed an astonishing collection of autographs from luminaries around the world—including presidents, scientists, educators, theologians, authors, heroes of the Civil War, and artists. ✨⁣ ⁣ 🎨 Adeline Harris Sears (American, 1839–1931). Quilt, Tumbling Blocks with Signatures pattern, begun in 1856. #wcw @metamericanwing⁣」12月24日 10時10分