# @mdhistory on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CTHuRcTNsOl
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19780615-mdhistory-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-08-28T14:01:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC) (@mdhistory) — https://gondola.cc/mdhistory

## Caption

Despite the name, Baltimore album quilts were not created to be used solely as a mere bed cover. These unique pieces were treated as works of art, often gifted to and displayed by someone respected and admired in the community. This quilt was presented to a Methodist minister named Thomas Harrison West Monroe. The women who worked on the quilt itself and signed their names on it came from multiple different states, including Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Illinois. This is likely because Monroe traveled widely and served congregations all across the country in the early to mid-19th century. 

Learn more about the Baltimore album quilt tradition and how these quilts served as the building blocks for Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr.’s groundbreaking work in occupational therapy through the ongoing exhibition, “Wild and Untamed: Dunton’s Discovery of the Baltimore Album Quilts.”

Image: Baltimore album quilt, multiple makers, 1846-1847, multiple locations. Maryland Center for History and Culture, Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Green, 1994.9.1.

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