Kansas Quilts from the Collection

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

Kansas Quilts from the Collection
Kansas Quilts from the Collection
Nancy A. Corwin, curator
North Balcony and South Balcony, Kress Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

This summer exhibition was continued through October 6. The quilts in this exhibition demonstrate the importance of quilts as a Kansas art form and emphasize the work of both pioneer and modern women.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Star of Bethlehem quilt
circa 1880–1910
Tents of Armageddon quilt
circa 1875–1910
Friends of Anthony Coler and Matilda Charlotte Cook Coler (active 1845–1929), Log Cabin Straight Furrow quilt
Friends of Anthony Coler and Matilda Charlotte Cook Coler (active 1845–1929)
1884
Crazy quilt
circa 1880–1900
Mina Morse Shaler (1865–1938), Log Cabin quilt, or Barn Raising quilt
Mina Morse Shaler (1865–1938)
circa 1879
Martha A. Kinsgston Haggard (1815–1899), Wonder quilt, variation of Capenter's Star pattern
Martha A. Kinsgston Haggard (1815–1899)
1895–1897
Emma B. Roessler, Autumn Leaf quilt
Emma B. Roessler
circa 1933–1940