Photos: Helen Oppenheim. Collage: helenoppenheim.com
This pro-abolition quilt designed in 1843 by American fashion designer, Maria Hollander can be seen in the Haverhill Room at “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition. The designer leveraged her business success to engage with issues of fundamental importance in her day, including abolition, women’s rights. and, later, she went on to advocate women’s suffrage. The words say “WE GOOD THX!” According to film maker Radha Blank, ”Black women were often uncredited as cultural weavers of the fabric of this country.” This Costume Institute exhibition opens to the public in the American Wing at the Met Museum, on Saturday, May 7, until September 5., 2022. To see 36 photos of the Exhibition, CLICK HERE