Contemporary & Traditional Quilts at the Spencer Museum of Art
Exhibition
Exhibition Overview
Contemporary & Traditional Quilts at the Spencer Museum of Art
Barbara Brackman, curator
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
circa 1840–1870
circa 1825–1850
Elizabeth Hart (1829–1904); John Hewson
1848
circa 1820–1840
Susannah Richards Mosely
circa 1840–1860
circa 1880–1910
Friends of Anthony Coler and Matilda Charlotte Cook Coler (active 1845–1929)
1884
Emma B. Roessler
circa 1933–1940
