Museum of Florida History

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Florida Quilt Collection

Spanning Florida's history from the Territorial period to the present, the Museum's quilt collection includes 50 pieces representing a wide variety of designs and techniques. The Museum also maintains files on more than 5,000 quilts registered by the Florida Quilt Heritage Project. The following list describes 27 quilts in the Florida Quilt Collection maintained by the Museum of Florida History. Presented in chronological order, all of the examples are documented as having been made in the state.

Several of the quilts described below are mentioned or illustrated in other works, including:

  • Bullard, Lacy Folmar, and Betty Jo. Shiell. Chintz Quilts: Unfading Glory. Tallahassee: Serendipity Publishers, 1983.
  • Sullivan, Kathryn F. Gatherings: America's Quilt Heritage. Paducah, Ky.: American Quilter's Society, 1995.
  • Williams, Charlotte. Florida Quilts. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1992.

source: Museum of Florida History, Office of Cultural and Historical Preservation, http://www.flheritage.com/museum/collections/quilts/

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