Rarely Seen Pre-Civil War Textiles from the Poos Collection
My sister, Kay, began collecting quilts when she was in elementary school. I jokingly say that she never met a quilt she didn’t like. However, that doesn’t accurately describe her connoisseur’s ability to purchase quilts and create a preeminent collection, nor does it fully explain when the group of textiles became the Poos Collection. The road to a collection such as this is not without speed bumps. The process requires seven effective C’s.
Creation of a collection . . .
Calculating and budgeting . . .
Caring for the collection . . .
Curation, or managing and organizing . . .
Calibrating, or fine-tuning the collection over time . . .
Culling, or deaccession . . .
Conversion, or transition of the collection . . .
—Lori Lee Triplett
Come explore this collection of quilts and textiles: Album, Wool, Birds of a Feather, Star Struck, Paper-Pieced, Red and Green, Chintz, and White Wholecloth.
Baltimore Album Quilt with Rose Border, American, 1848, 100 ̋ × 99 ̋
Vevay Settlement Table Cover, American, c. 1820, 5 ́ (circumference)
Menagerie Coffin Cover, English, c. 1860, 32 ̋ × 38 ̋
Starburst Garden Quilt, American, c. 1837, 92 ̋ × 94 ̋
Hexagon Diamonds Quilt, American, c. 1850, 103 ̋ × 114 1/2 ̋
Margret Kramer Crossed Tulip Quilt, American, 1847, 86 ̋ × 101 ̋
Birds in Bushes Mezzaro Wholecloth Quilt, American, 1825–1850, 101 ̋ × 112 ̋
M.B. Cherubs Courtepointe de Mariage, French, c. 1850, 68 ̋ × 75 ̋
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