Smithsonian American Art Museum receives major gift of extraordinary Amish quilts
Smithsonian American Art Museum receives major gift of extraordinary Amish quilts 59 Sunshine and Shadow,1930, 89 x 86 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Faith and Stephen Brown. Image courtesy of Faith and Stephen Brown. WASHINGTON, DC .-The Smithsonian American Art Museum has received an extraordinary gift of masterpiece Amish quilts from the collection of Faith and Stephen Brown. The group of quilts is the largest and most significant collection of Amish quilts to enter any major art museums permanent collection. The quilts were made between the 1880s and 1940s and embody the...
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