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American

Album quilt, Baltimore, Maryland, 1851

Cotton, plain weave

86 9/16 x 91 inches (219.9 x 231.1 cm)

Gift of Nancy Rosenthal Miller, Class of 1961

86.060.008

American

Crazy quilt, late 19th century

Silk, silk velvet, and other fabrics, with embroidered and painted details

64 x 78 inches (162.6 x 198.1 cm)

Bequest of Elizabeth Mulholland

2004.069

American

Diamond pattern quilt, ca. 1920

Cotton

81 x 80 inches (205.74 x 203.2 cm)

Visitors Contribution Fund

86.020

A growing strength of the collection, this vibrant and varied branch of American art is represented in the collection by examples ranging from the early nineteenth up to the late twentieth centuries, in many styles, fabrics, patterns, and stitching techniques.