New London Country Quilts & Bedspreads at The Florence Griswold Museum

The domestic textiles produced in New London County from the mid-18th to early 19th-century stand out today as masterpieces of American  needle craft. Curated by independent scholar Lynne Z. Bassett, New London County Quilts & Bed Covers, 1750‒1825,  on view  from February 12–May 1, 2022,  examines the artistic excellence of these pieces within the context of design inspiration drawn from an array of transatlantic sources and explores the question of how the county fostered such exceptional work.