Inside the MFAH Posts by Remi S. Dyll
Remi Dyll is the collection manager at Bayou Bend.
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A Unique Quilt’s Salute to Texas February 28, 2019
A quilt created not long after Texas gained its independence includes an unmistakable symbol of the state.
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Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: A Rare Sampler from the Bayou Bend Collection September 19, 2018
A 19th-century sampler, or textile work with embroidery, is an important and rare reminder of the United States’ multicultural past.
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Mary J. Greenfield Smith’s Window into American History March 22, 2017
In 1843, 14-year-old Mary J. Greenfield Smith stitched an elegant woolwork picture in school—surely not imagining that it would end up in a museum’s collection someday.