Contemporary & Traditional Quilts at the Spencer Museum of Art

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

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Contemporary & Traditional Quilts at the Spencer Museum of Art
Barbara Brackman, curator
June 15, 1991–August 11, 1991
North Balcony, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

To complement "Quilt National'89" traditional quilts from the collection are on display. These quilts, dating from the first quarter of the nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century, represent the sue of chintz and calico in quilt making.

Works of art

M. A. C.
Four-Patch Patchwork quilt, circa 1820–1840
Susannah Richards Mosely
Chips and Whetstones quilt, circa 1840–1860
Christina Hays Malcom
Christina Hays Malcom
Friends of Anthony Coler and Matilda Charlotte Cook Coler
Emma B. Roessler
Autumn Leaf quilt, circa 1933–1940
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger