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.

Organization: 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.

Sponsor: The exhibition was supported by a grant from The New England.

Other Venues:

• Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 05/07/1988–09/04/1988
• Denver Art Museum, 10/15/1988–01/08/1989
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 02/16/1989–04/30/1990
• Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, 06/04/1989–09/03/1989
• New-York Historical Society, 10/03/1989–01/07/1990
• Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, 04/15/1990–08/01/1990