Quilts from the Permanent Collection

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

Quilts from the Permanent Collection
Quilts from the Permanent Collection
Watkins Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Works of art

Rolling Star quilt
circa 1880–1910
Rena Coon Thomas, Rose of Sharon quilt
Rena Coon Thomas
1860
Susannah Richards Mosely, Chips and Whetstones quilt
Susannah Richards Mosely
circa 1840–1860
Urn with Star Flowers quilt
circa 1840–1875
Ladyfingers and Sunflowers quilt, or Whig's Defeat quilt
top circa 1860–1890, quilting early 1900s
Clarenca Bradford Kimble, Tulip Tree quilt
Clarenca Bradford Kimble
circa 1850–1880
Martha Biggers Burn, Rose and Bud quilt
Martha Biggers Burn
circa 1840–1870
Star of Bethlehem quilt
circa 1880–1910
Princess Feather quilt
circa 1850–1900
Rhoda Garretson Hoopes Altemus (born 1795), North Carolina Lily quilt
Rhoda Garretson Hoopes Altemus (born 1795)
circa 1850–1880
Phoebe Bartholemew (died 1902), Rose quilt
Phoebe Bartholemew (died 1902)
1840–1865
Nine-Patch Star quilt
circa 1880–1910
Broken Sash quilt
circa 1820–1850
Pinwheel quilt
circa 1890–1920
Martha E. Gross, Diamond Nine-Patch quilt
Martha E. Gross
1880–1910
Grandmother of Willis C. McEntarfer (died circa 1865–1875), North Carolina Lily quilt
Grandmother of Willis C. McEntarfer (died circa 1865–1875)
circa 1840–1860
Mary Catherine Schooley Wood, Eight-pointed Star quilt
Mary Catherine Schooley Wood
1838
Mary Somerville (born circa 1801), Princess Feather quilt
Mary Somerville (born circa 1801)
1818
Feathered Star quilt
circa 1850–1870
Catherine Grabill Landis, Windmill quilt
Catherine Grabill Landis
circa 1840–1860
Drunkard's Path quilt
circa 1880–1910
Fan quilt
circa 1880–1910
One-Patch quilt fragment
circa 1830–1850
bed hanging quilt fragment
circa 1800–1820
Eight-Point Star quilt top
circa 1880–1910