Quilts from the Collection
Exhibition
Exhibition Overview
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
Rose of Sharon quilt,
1860
Mother of Clara Gillham
Unique Rose quilt,
circa 1840–1880
Carrie A. Hall
Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt, or Diamond String quilt,
circa 1880–1900
Ocean Wave quilt top,
circa 1880–1910
Double Monkey Wrench quilt top,
circa 1875–1920
Eight-Point Star quilt top,
circa 1880–1910
Delectable Mountains quilt, or Sawtooth quilt,
circa 1880–1910
Clarenca Bradford Kimble
Tulip Tree quilt,
circa 1850–1880
Princess Feather quilt, or Feather Rose quilt,
circa 1925–1950
Lone Star quilt, or Lone Star of Texas quilt,
circa 1875–1910
Flower Pot quilt, or Vase of Flowers quilt,
circa 1840–1870
Tents of Armageddon quilt,
circa 1875–1910
Nine-Patch Star quilt,
circa 1880–1910
Julia Ann Chalmers
Sunburst quilt, or Sunflower quilt,
circa 1850
Elizabeth Hart; John Hewson
Stars Upon Star quilt, or Nine Starquilt, or Rainbow Star quilt,
circa 1840–1890
Drunkard's Path quilt,
circa 1880–1910
Star of Bethlehem quilt,
circa 1880–1910
Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt, or Hexagon quilt,
circa 1825–1850
Harriett Theetge James
Postage Stamp Irish Chain quilt, or Double Irish Chain quilt,
circa 1850–1890
Edith Lowell
Crazy quilt,
circa 1880–1910
Road to the Ranch quilt, or Burgoyne Surrounded quilt,
circa 1890–1910
Eight-Point Star crib quilt, or Le Moyne Star crib quilt,
circa 1850–1890
Rhoda Garretson Hoopes Altemus
North Carolina Lily quilt,
circa 1850–1880
Lizzie Smith
Democrat Rose quilt, or Whig Rose quilt,
circa 1840–1890
Pinwheel quilt,
circa 1890–1920
Blazing Star quilt, or Patchwork quilt, or Eight-Point Star quilt,
circa 1870–1900
Log Cabin quilt, or Straight Furrow quilt,
circa 1880–1900
Carrie A. Hall
Four Pointed Stars or Blazing Stars quilt block,
early 1900s
Crazy quilt,
circa 1880–1900
Catherine Grabill Landis
Windmill quilt,
circa 1840–1860
Susan Black Stayman
Moss Rose quilt,
1853
Susan Black Stayman
Dahlia Wreath quilt,
1855
Mary M. Stayman
Leaf quilt top,
1923
Mary M. Stayman
Iris quilt,
1925–1940
Ella Maria Lathrop
Diamond Nine-Patch quilt,
1850–1940
Martha E. Gross
Diamond Nine-Patch quilt,
1880–1910
Pineapple quilt,
1875–1900
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Oriental Poppy quilt,
1927
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Orchid Wreath quilt,
1928
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Pride of Iowa quilt,
1927
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Ohio Rose quilt,
1926
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Indiana Wreath quilt,
1927
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Anna Gleissner Good
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Wreath of Roses quilt,
1929
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
New Rose Tree quilt,
1929
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger
Anna Gleissner Good
Lone Star quilt, or Star of Bethlehem quilt,
1875–1900
Christina Hays Malcom
Princess Feather quilt,
1873
Christina Hays Malcom
Kentucky Rose quilt,
circa 1840–1884
Christina Hays Malcom
Sunflower quilt,
circa 1840–1884
Christina Hays Malcom
Christina Hays Malcom
Goose Tracks quilt, or Bear's Paw quilt,
circa 1870–1884
Christina Hays Malcom
Harriett Theetge James; Christina Hays Malcom
Album quilt,
circa 1880–1900
Christina Hays Malcom
Drunkard's Path quilt, or Rob Peter to Pay Paul quilt,
circa 1880–1884
Harriett Theetge James
Eight-Point Star quilt,
circa 1922
Harriett Theetge James
Irish Chain quilt, or Double Nine-Patch with double border quilt,
circa 1900–1925
Harriett Theetge James
Drunkard's Path quilt,
circa 1920–1929
Harriett Theetge James
Nine-Patch quilt,
circa 1890–1929
Harriett Theetge James
Irish Chain quilt, or Double Nine-Patch without border quilt,
circa 1900–1925
Harriett Theetge James; Mary Eliza Theetge Malcom
Seven Sisters quilt, or Seven Stars quilt,
circa 1900–1929
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
Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt,
1930–1931
Friends of Anthony Coler and Matilda Charlotte Cook Coler
Cactus quilt, or Cockscomb quilt top,
circa 1850–1880
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
Log Cabin quilt, or Barn Raising quilt,
circa 1879
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
Green Patch quilt,
1926
Anna Gleissner Good
Lillian Hutter
Crazy Quilt with Hot Air Balloon,
circa 1880–1910
Faith Ringgold
Flag Story Quilt,
1985
Log Cabin quilt, or Barn Raising quilt,
circa 1875–1910
Emma Hurd
crazy quilt,
1886
Virginia Randles
Spectrum I quilt,
1977
Virginia Randles; Bertha Mast
Fences quilt,
1979
Virginia Randles
Nebula I quilt,
1984
Virginia Randles
Millefleur quilt,
1989
Nine-Patch quilt top,
circa 1910
Lisa S. Turner
Maple Leaf quilt,
1988
Sonié Joi Thompson-Ruffin (born 1951)
East Side quilt,
2004–2005
Diamond in the Square Amish quilt,
circa 1930
unrecorded Lakota artist
star quilt,
late 1800s–1980
Rita Belgarde (1918–2005)
star quilt,
1999
Viola Burley Leak (born 1944)
Jazz Storm quilt,
2006
Mary Allen Marshall (1825–1912)
1000 Pyramids quilt,
circa 1880–1910
Marla A. Jackson (born 1952)
Sankofa,
2007
Marla A. Jackson (born 1952)
First Born,
1997
Marla A. Jackson (born 1952)
Still We Rise,
2013
Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell (1931–2023)
Oz II quilt,
1979
Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell (1931–2023)
Kansas Windmill quilt,
1979
Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell (1931–2023)
Cotter’s Field quilt,
1977–2007
Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell (1931–2023)
Wheat Centennial quilt,
1974
Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell (1931–2023)
Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell (1931–2023)
The Cherries Will Bloom Again quilt top,
1994–2004
Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell (1931–2023)
Yoshiko Jinzenji (born 1942)
Yoshiko Jinzenji (born 1942)
Gina Adams (born 1965)
Broken Treaty Quilt #5,
2014
NedRa Bonds (born 1948)
Mary Anne Jordan (born 1957)
Four Patch with Damage,
2014
William Daniels (born 1975)
The Owl,
2017