Beauty of the Frontier: American Patchwork Quilts from the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

Beauty of the Frontier: American Patchwork Quilts from the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art
Beauty of the Frontier: American Patchwork Quilts from the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art
Matsuzukaya Department Store, Nagoya, Japan

Works of art

Mother of Clara Gillham, Unique Rose quilt
Mother of Clara Gillham
circa 1840–1880
Ladyfingers and Sunflowers quilt, or Whig's Defeat quilt
top circa 1860–1890, quilting early 1900s
Tents of Armageddon quilt
circa 1875–1910
Julia Ann Chalmers (1821–1904), Sunburst quilt, or Sunflower quilt
Julia Ann Chalmers (1821–1904)
circa 1850
Broken Sash quilt
circa 1820–1850
Star of Bethlehem quilt
circa 1880–1910
Crazy quilt
circa 1880–1900
Emma B. Roessler, Autumn Leaf quilt
Emma B. Roessler
circa 1933–1940
Olive Batchelor Wells (1822–1893), Garden of Eden quilt
Olive Batchelor Wells (1822–1893)
circa 1840–1860
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
Anna Marie Espenlaub (1879–1963), Grandmother's Dream quilt
Anna Marie Espenlaub (1879–1963)
circa 1925–1950
Martha A. Kinsgston Haggard (1815–1899), Wonder quilt, variation of Capenter's Star pattern
Martha A. Kinsgston Haggard (1815–1899)
1895–1897