Presentation, Album, and Special Occasion Quilts

Many outstanding quilts from the mid-19th century marked a special occasion. Some were composed of squares resembling the pages of a sketchbook, scrapbook, or family album; others were signed like the pages of an autograph album.

Silk bride's quilt. Mary Jane Moran; Baltimore, MD. 1845.

Groom's album quilt made for Benoni Pearce. Pawling, NY. Dated 1850.

Album quilt made by a church congregation for the minister's wife, Mary Hill. Maltaville, NY. Dated 1847.

Album quilt made by a church congregation for a departing minister, Rev. Bernard Nadal Baltimore, MD. Dated 1847.

Family album quilt. Susan Rogers; Brooklyn, NY. Dated 1867.

Return to the start of the exhibition