(Center Medallion Style)
WHITE LINE SQUARE (1960)
by Josef Albers
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Quilt Notes: This design is adapted from a black and white illustration of an untitled CENTER MEDALLION style quilt dated to about 1790, according to Jonathon Holstein's THE PIECED QUILT (p. 32). Comprised mostly of squares and a few rectangles, it is entirely random in arrangement, off-center, abstract, and it wears a sash (see animation and tiling), even as a quilt with a single block in the center, though wider than shown here.
The 18th century pattern seems almost a prelude to early 20th Century Modernism, for example WHITE LINE SQUARE by Josef Albers (1888-1976), illustrated left — see more on Albers' color theory at STUDY ART HISTORY. Albers was famous for a long exploration of similar medallion style paintings called HOMAGE TO THE SQUARE. Compare with CENTURY OF PROGRESS at this site.
See also OLD MAID'S RAMBLER, inspired by Anni Albers, a great designer of textiles with unusual and often random combinations of geometric patterns. For a celebration of square magic, and its dance in quilt designs, see:
SQUARE DANCE
SQUARES UPON SQUARES
SHIFTING CUBES
CUBE LATTICE
DOMINO AND SQUARES
ENIGMA SQUARE
ON THE SQUARE
CITY STREETS
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(Untitled) CENTER MEDALLION
