Quilts from the Collection

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

Quilts from the Collection
Quilts from the Collection
Kate Meyer, curator
June 12, 2020–June 12, 2020
https://spencerartapps.ku.edu/spencer-projects/3334

This grouping highlights 120 quilts from the collection: more than the Museum could likely every display at one time due to space limitations and the light-sensitivity and fragility of these textiles.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Rolling Star quilt, circa 1880–1910
Rena Ann Coon
Mother of Clara Gillham
Unique Rose quilt, circa 1840–1880
Carrie A. Hall
Ocean Wave quilt top, circa 1880–1910
Carrie A. Hall
Double Monkey Wrench quilt top, circa 1875–1920
Carrie A. Hall
Eight-Point Star quilt top, circa 1880–1910
Carrie A. Hall
Clarenca Bradford Kimble
Tulip Tree quilt, circa 1850–1880
Clarenca Bradford Kimble
Clarenca Bradford Kimble
Clarenca Bradford Kimble
Clarenca Bradford Kimble
Tents of Armageddon quilt, circa 1875–1910
Clarenca Bradford Kimble
Nine-Patch Star quilt, circa 1880–1910
Julia Ann Chalmers
Elizabeth Hart; John Hewson
Elizabeth Hart; John Hewson
Drunkard's Path quilt, circa 1880–1910
Elizabeth Hart; John Hewson
Star of Bethlehem quilt, circa 1880–1910
Elizabeth Hart; John Hewson
Harriett Theetge James
Edith Lowell
Crazy quilt, circa 1880–1910
Rhoda Garretson Hoopes Altemus
North Carolina Lily quilt, circa 1850–1880
Lizzie Smith
Lizzie Smith
Pinwheel quilt, circa 1890–1920
Lizzie Smith
Carrie A. Hall
Crazy quilt, circa 1880–1900
Catherine Grabill Landis
Windmill quilt, circa 1840–1860
Susan Black Stayman
Susan Black Stayman
Mary M. Stayman
Mary M. Stayman
Iris quilt, 1925–1940
Ella Maria Lathrop
Martha E. Gross
Martha E. Gross
Pineapple quilt, 1875–1900
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Anna Gleissner Good
Christina Hays Malcom
Christina Hays Malcom
Kentucky Rose quilt, circa 1840–1884
Christina Hays Malcom
Sunflower quilt, circa 1840–1884
Christina Hays Malcom
Harriett Theetge James; Christina Hays Malcom
Album quilt, circa 1880–1900
Christina Hays Malcom
Harriett Theetge James
Harriett Theetge James
Drunkard's Path quilt, circa 1920–1929
Harriett Theetge James
Nine-Patch quilt, circa 1890–1929
Harriett Theetge James
Harriett Theetge James; Mary Eliza Theetge Malcom
Miss Gladback
Log Cabin Straight Furrow quilt, circa 1880–1910
Grandmother of Willis C. McEntarfer
North Carolina Lily quilt, circa 1840–1860
Emma B. Roessler
Autumn Leaf quilt, circa 1933–1940
Eleanor Bourassa Ziegler; Carrie Holland
Friends of Anthony Coler and Matilda Charlotte Cook Coler
Friends of Anthony Coler and Matilda Charlotte Cook Coler
Elizabeth Kunkel
Rose Wreath quilt top, circa 1840–1887
Elizabeth Kunkel
California Rose quilt top, circa 1840–1887
Anna Marie Espenlaub
Grandmother's Dream quilt, circa 1925–1950
Ifie Espey Arnold
Morning Glory quilt, circa 1927–1945
Laura O'Hara
Lone Star quilt, circa 1937–1938
Mina Morse Shaler
Mary Elizabeth Russel Kile
Mary Ann Seeling Kile Elliot
Princess Feather quilt, circa 1840–1950
Emma Wittwer Edie
Postage Stamp quilt, early 1940s
Anna Gleissner Good; Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Anna Gleissner Good
Lillian Hutter
Faith Ringgold; Marquetta Johnson
Faith Ringgold; Marquetta Johnson
Emma Hurd
crazy quilt, 1886
Virginia Randles
Virginia Randles; Bertha Mast
Fences quilt, 1979
Virginia Randles
Virginia Randles
Virginia Randles
Nine-Patch quilt top, circa 1910
Lisa S. Turner
Sonié Joi Thompson-Ruffin
East Side quilt, 2004–2005
Sonié Joi Thompson-Ruffin
unrecorded Lakota artist
star quilt, late 1800s–1980
Rita Belgarde
star quilt, 1999
Viola Burley Leak
Mary Allen Marshall
1000 Pyramids quilt, circa 1880–1910
Marla A. Jackson
Sankofa, 2007
Marla A. Jackson
First Born, 1997
Marla A. Jackson
Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell
Oz II quilt, 1979
Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell
Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell
Cotter’s Field quilt, 1977–2007
Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell
Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell
Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell
Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell
Gina Adams
NedRa Bonds
Mary Anne Jordan

Events

June 12, 2020
Activity
9:00–10:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art
July 17, 2020
Activity
9:00–10:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art