Exhibits: Antique Quilts /Fall & Winter 2014

Robert Doisneau, The Tabou, Paris, 1947
Grab the gang and catch the fall quilt shows featuring antique quilts.

California, San Jose San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles. Antique Ohio Amish Quilts from the Darwin Bearley Collection, 40 bed, crib and doll quilts, illustrating the breadth of the Ohio Amish quilt making tradition between 1880 and 1940. November 15, 2014 – March 1, 2015. http://www.sjquiltmuseum.org/exhibitions.html

Colorado, Denver Denver Art Museum. First Glance - Second Look: Quilts from the Collection, through March 22, 2015. http://www.denverartmuseum.org/exhibitions/first-glance-second-look-quilts-denver-art-museum-collection Catalog available for $10.95 http://shop.denverartmuseum.org/SelectSKU.aspx?skuid=1061026
Colorado, Golden Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. American Antiques from the Strouse Collection, Quilts from 1850 through 1935, through October 28, 2014. https://rmqm.org
Connecticut, Danbury Danbury Museum & Historical Society. Quintessential Quilts: Piecing Together Danbury History. Through November 1. http://www.danburymuseum.org./danburymuseum/Home.html

G.A.R. Fundraiser
Illinois, Lockport
Illinois State Museum Lockport Gallery. Civil War Quilters: Loyal Hearts of Illinois
This show of quilts and other objects from the collection of the ISM, curated by Angela Goebel-Bain, Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts, comes down October 17, 2014. http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismsites/lockport/ http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismsites/main/exhibitions.html?ExhibitID=254

Maine, Camden
Camden Public Library. Camden-Rockport Historical Society will display vintage quilts. October 7-31, 2014.
http://www.camden.lib.me.us/news/26733/%E2%80%9C300-years-of-american-quilts%E2%80%9D-october-9/#more-26733

Massachusetts, Concord Concord Museum. Behind Closed Doors: Asleep in New England includes bedding and quilts. Curated by Jane and Richard Nylander. October 10, 2014 - March 22, 2015 http://www.concordmuseum.org/behind-closed-doors.php

Massachusetts, Lowell
New England Quilt Museum:
Humorous Quilts: Keeping Us In Stitches, October 9-December 31, 2014, http://nequiltmuseum.org/home.html

Michigan, Adrian Lenawee County Historical Museum. Antique Quilt Exhibit, through December, 2014. http://www.lenaweemuseum.org/uploads/6/9/5/0/6950317/flyer.pdf
Nebraska, Lincoln International Quilt Study Center and Quilt Museum:
Design Dynamics of Log Cabins from the Holstein collection, through November 29, 2014.
Modern Marvels: Quilts made from Kits, curated by Marin Hanson & Deborah Rake, features 20th century designers, companies, and publications well-known for their kits. Through February 28, 2015.

Signature Cloths, guest-curated by Lynn Setterington, the exhibit "focuses on sewn signatures as visual ciphers and as a method of social engagement, with emphasis on the autographs of ordinary people." Through May 31, 2015.
http://www.quiltstudy.org/exhibitions/

Vermont, Shelburne Shelburne Museum:
All Star Quilts: The John Wilmerding Collection, 30 Star-Themed Quilts, through October 26, 2014.

Seeking Beauty: Quilts by Nancy Crow, through October 31, 2014.

Homefront & Battlefield: Quilts & Context in the Civil War, through January 1, 2015. This show from the American Textile History Museum will then travel to the Nebraska State Historical Society in Lincoln, opening February 1, 2015.

http://shelburnemuseum.org/exhibitions
Virginia, Christiansburg Montgomery Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center. A Pieced History: Quilts of Montgomery County. Twenty locally made historical quilts, through April, 2015. http://montgomerymuseum.org/

Virginia, Williamsburg Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, A Celebration of Quilts "features dozens of quilts that represent the diversity of quilts made in America from the 18th through 20th centuries. Several of the quilts are new to the collection and have never before been seen by the public." Through June, 2016. http://www.history.org/history/museums/abby_art_current.cfm
Virginia, Winchester Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society. A Collection of Quilts (from the society's collection.) Through Oct 31, 2014. http://www.winchesterhistory.org/society_events.htm

Wisconsin, Cedarburg
Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts: Jud and Luella Doss Vintage Wool Quilt Collection. October 15, 2014, - January 18, 2015
http://wiquiltmuseum.com/

Washington D.C. D.A.R. Museum. Eye on Elegance: Early Quilts of Maryland and Virginia
Through September 5, 2015.

Applique Flower Basket dated 1849 by Anna Catherine Hummel Markey Garnhart
Curator of Costume and Textiles Alden O’Brien looks at quilts from Maryland and Virginia in an exhibit of 36 quilts with a focus on quilts from 1790 to 1860, design migrations and the many hands who made the quilts. http://www.dar.org/museum