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Memory and Meaning: Textiles from the Permanent Collection
| Date From: | 8/31/2019 |
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| Date To: | 1/12/2020 |
| Summary: | Quilts, coverlets and garments with strong provenance from across the collection tell stories about the past. |
| Description: | The Bengali quilt (c1600s), donated to the museum by the Huntington family, is featured, surrounded by textiles from across collections. The exhibit explores the personal and social context that is often found in textiles that are donated to a museum collection. |
| Related Objects: |
2014.1 (Coverlet, "Sarah Jane Farmer Ellis Doublecloth Coverlet", c 1830)
2384.1 (Coverlet, "James William Ellis Doublecloth Coverlet", c 1830)
2835.1 (Quilt, "Cake Stand Quilt", 1880-1900)
2962.158 (Coverlet, "John Mellinger Woven coverlet", 1839)
2962.160 (Coverlet, "Heilbronn Woven Coverlet", 1841)
2990.1 (Quilt, "Big Dipper Quilt", 1900-1930)
3006.1 (Quilt, "Feathered Star Variation Quilt", 1875-1939)
3102.1 (Quilt, "Expo '74 World's Fair Quilt", 1974)
3270.1 (Coverlet, "Howard Overshot Coverlet", c 1870)
3958.4 (Quilt, "Wreath of Roses Quilt", 1922)
4037.10 (Potholder, "Machine Embroidered Pot Holder, Spokane House")
4037.22 (Diploma, "Clyde Allen's Diploma and Diploma Cover", 1943)
4037.5 (Potholder, "Machine Embroidered Pot Holder, Clyde's Cookie Recipe", 1942)
4037.6 (Potholder, "Machine Embroidered Pot Holder - Triple Butte Ranch", 1945)
4037.8 (Potholder; Magazine, "Machine Embroidered Pot Holder - Cocktail Sauce - and Better Homes and Gardens Magazine", 1945)
4037.9 (Needlework, "Machine Embroidered Quotation - Buy Hyancinths", 1930-1945)
4127.1 (Quilt, "Eudora Parker Mead Crazy Quilt", 1891)
4155.1 (Quilt, "Dresden Plate quilt", 1930-1960)
4245.1 (Needlework, "Hmong Needlework", 1989)
4402.1 (Quilt, "Pine City Quilt Top", 1894)
4412.1 (Quilt, "Star quilt", 1958)
888.1 (Quilt, "Bengali Quilt", 1600-1700)
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