Baltimore Album Quilt

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Baltimore Album Quilt
Date1846–1850
Made inBaltimore, Maryland, United States
MediumCotton and cotton appliqué
Dimensions115 × 112 1/2 in. (292.1 × 285.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object number45.4
Not on view

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ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Elie Nadelman, Riverdale, New York; [Downtown Gallery, New York]; Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., December 1932; given to MFAH, 1945.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "American Traditions: Quilts and Coverlets 1760-1900," The Caroline Weiss Law Building, Lovett Gallery, October 28, 2001 - April 7, 2002, Tina M. Llorente.

Exhibited in "Fabric of Fashion," at MFAH Sep. 10 - Nov. 6, 1994

Exhibited: San Jacinto Museum of History, Feb 20 - Mar 31 1963

Exhibited Providence, RI, opening March 1933, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibited February 10-March 1933, Pennsylvania Museum of Art

Exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, December 1932-January 1933.

"American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 7 July 2012 - 2 January 2013.

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