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What are contemporary quilts?

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What are contemporary quilts?
Contemporary quilts explore pop art influences with unique design choices such as bold colors and prints, high contrast, negative space and minimalism. While traditional quilting will focus more on intricate details, contemporary quilts often focus on solid hues. Shop a collection of quilts on 1stDibs
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
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Contemporary Framed Quilted Textile Art Painting on Canvas
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Rendered with a stunning interplay of textile and pigment, this contemporary mixed-media work defies convention while embracing tradition in equal measure. At its center, a geometric...
Category

Early 2000s American Organic Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Textile, Paint

Contemporary Art Bed Cover Helioendimio Sky Blue Gold by Luigi Ontani
By Mirabili, Luigi Ontani
Located in Pistoia, IT
Coordinated cover for the Helioendimio bed, fabric with gold lurex embroidery.
Category

2010s Italian Post-Modern Quilts and Blankets

Materials

Polyester

"Windows", Contemporary Quilt
By Bethan Ash
Located in Brecon, Powys
This abstract art quilt has been created by using a collage technique Inspired by the patterns left on a windowpane after a shower of rain. Using salt resist on wet paint has created...
Category

2010s Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Fabric

Vicious, Contemporary Quilt
By Bethan Ash
Located in Brecon, Powys
This quilt symbolises addiction and the feelings it induces. Size h 36 x w 48 x d ½ inches. Improvisational cut and fused abstract collage composition that is machine-stitched and q...
Category

2010s Folk Art Mixed Media

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Fabric

Suburbia, Contemporary Quilt
By Bethan Ash
Located in Brecon, Powys
Art Quilt installation of 1 - 12 panels. The panels may be hung in any formation of your choice, depending on space available. This is the second in a series of work inspired by the ...
Category

2010s Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Fabric

Urban Landscape, Contemporary Quilts
By Bethan Ash
Located in Brecon, Powys
Bethan Ash is a professional quilt maker and teacher with a background in Fashion design. She has exhibited widely and her work has been bought by museums in the UK and USA, includin...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Fabric

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