This is aimed at all those who are fortunate to be able to get to Milwaukee before Sept 9th 2010 …

The Art Museum is exhibiting 40 quilts from the early years of post-Independent America circa 1760-1850

The quilts showcase the culture of the time using the most modern printed fabrics of the era as well as the more traditional technique of re-using any old cast off textiles including cottons, woollens and silk.

Even then in what was a new modern society recently unfettered from colonialism, quilting showed itself to be environmentally friendly.

The quilts dramatically demonstrate a richness of colour and design, based on the then recent political turmoil and the emergence of a new society with an independence of spirit and fashion.

About the Exhibition | American Quilts: Selections from the Winterthur Collection.