- November 15, 1987-April 14, 1988
An American Sampler: Folk Art from the Shelburne Museum
Overview: 121 textiles and sculptures from the collection of the Shelburne Museum included quilts, coverlets, and hooked rugs, weathervanes and whirligigs, decoys, carousel animals, trade signs, scrimshaw, and carved figures. The exhibition was organized to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the museum in Shelburne, Vermont, founded by Electra Havemeyer Webb. Deborah Chotner, assistant curator of American art, was the exhibition coordinator in Washington. John Wilmerding proposed that the exhibition should be inaugurated at the National Gallery.
Gaillard Ravenel and Mark Leithauser selected and designed the exhibition and Gordon Anson designed the lighting for the National Gallery. The exhibition was supported by a grant from The New England.
Attendance: 230,446 (159 days)
Location: East Building, Upper Level, West Bridge, Northwest, Pod II (9,500 sq. ft.)
Catalogue: An American Sampler: Folk Art from the Shelburne Museum. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1987.
Brochure: An American Sampler: Folk Art from the Shelburne Museum. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1987.
- Other venues:
- Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth
- May 7-September 4, 1988
- Denver Art Museum
- October 15, 1988-January 8, 1989
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- February 16-April 30, 1989
- Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
- June 4-September 3, 1989
- New-York Historical Society
- October 3, 1989-January 7, 1990
- Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts
- April 15-August 1990
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