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Remi Dyll is the collection manager at Bayou Bend.

American, Album Quilt

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.

FOR BAYOU BEND BLOG POST ONLY - Fernandez, Sampler

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.

Mary J. Greenfield Smith, Woolwork Picture, c. 1843, wool and silk on linen

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.