num_pages: 124
description: Excerpt from the The Baltimore Museum of Art has long maintained a commitment to continuous publication of major aspects of its permanent collection. Nine of the twenty-four Baltimore Album Quilts in this exhibition and accompanying catalogue are from the Museum's collection. Dena Katzenberg, since 1970 the Museum's dynamic Consultant Curator of textiles, has led the assiduous campaign to locate, identify, document, and preserve the Baltimore Album Quilts, in recognition of the very special manifestation of the folk art form they represent. Her endeavor ultimately took her around the country and to Europe, and immersed her in social history as much as art history. The design motifs and inscriptions of the quilts offered thousands of clues to be traced-tantalizing bits and pieces that finally convinced Mrs. Katzenberg that she might be able to pierce the traditional anonymity of the folk artist and persuasively identify specific makers.
language: English
title: Baltimore Album Quilts
titlecomplete: Baltimore Album Quilts
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Baltimore Museum of Art