Ghormley doll quilts on display through March The quilt exhibition "Reading, Writing and a Rhythmic Stitch: Quilts from the Mary Ghormley Collection" will be on view at the UNL's Great Plains Art Museum, from Oct. 6 through March 18. More than 40 examples of 19th- and early 20th-century doll quilts will be displayed with antique doll cribs and cradles.
QUILT COLLECTOR - Mary Ghormley sits with some of her doll quilts that will be on display at the Great Plains Art Museum. Photo by Troy Fedderson/University Communications.
The Ghormley collection contains more than 200 doll quilts made between 1800 and 1950. Collected over a 40-year period from all over the United States, it is one of only a few such quilt collections in the world. Ghormley will share her knowledge in a lecture at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 18 at the museum. This lecture is part of the Paul A. Olson Seminars in Great Plains Studies series. The lecture will be followed by a reception and gallery talk.
