The crazy quilt fad started in the late 1870's and continued until about 1900. Fabric pieces of random sizes
and irregular shapes were stitched together to make a large decorative rectangle that covered the bed.
The quilts were first called "Japanese patchwork," probably because they were inspired by some of the
Oriental screen designs first seen at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876.

The quilts, often just tufted or stitched and not quilted, were made by "needlewomen" at home.
Thousands of small pieces were used in each quilt. Some of the magazines of the day editorialized
that making such complicated quilts was a waste of time and talent.

To produce a colorful quilt with such various materials required many different types of fabric.
Some were made from leftover dress fabrics. Many were made from boxes of silk, plush, or velvet remnants
or ready-made embroidered squares that could be ordered from catalogs.

When Mission style furniture came into fashion, the crazy quilt went out of style and ribbon quilts became popular.
They were made of narrow ribbons woven together and then finished with a stitched border.

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