The exhibition is not only a free to the public, but also the 80th birthday gift for the collector, Joanna Rose. Guest curator Elizabeth Warren said Rose had been collecting quilts for over 50 years. As she observed, the special thing about this assortment is not only the amount of red and white textiles, but also the fact that no two are exactly alike. However, this can also make it difficult to properly research their history.

Elizabeth Warren, Guest Curator, said, "As a textile curator you date a quilt by looking at the fabrics in it when the fabrics are all red and white it gets a little bit harder, but there are different styles, there's different quilting techniques, there's different patterns that become popular over time and most popular for red and white quilts was the period between about 1880 and 1910, 1920."

The family has also decided to donate 50 quilts to the museum to be on display full time at the American Folk Art Museum, though the pieces have not been selected yet. The exhibition will end on Thursday.

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