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Shelly ZegartShelly Zegart is a recognized expert on American quilts. She collects, curates exhibitions, writes, lectures about, and sells fine quilts. From the affordable to the extraordinary, she can find it for you.

Zegart has curated many exhibits in the U.S. and abroad, and lectures on all aspects of quilt history and aesthetics. She has built private and corporate collections around the world and for more than 20 years she has been a member of the Appraisers Association of America.

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VIDEO: 2008 Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival
 An interview at the Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival in 2008. (Japanese & English; courtesy of NHK - Japanese Public Television.)

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Archive of Projects

Louisville Celebrates the American Quilt

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The Kentucky Quilt Project

The Kentucky Quilt Project

Your Quilts

Do you have a fine quilt that you are thinking about selling? Contact Shelly to discuss how she can help.

'Star of Behtlehem' quiltUnique Opportunity:
Exhibit "Quilts: A Window To The Past": unparalleled, visually appealing, and educational exhibition complete with quilts, objects, photographs and ephemera, is available for purchase.
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New quilts added!

New quilts added in the «Quilts for Sale», Great Antique Quilts collection.

Wool Fansb Quilt
Courthouse Steps Quilt
Oak Leaf Variant Quilt
Pennsylvania Amish Bars Doll Quilt (rare)
Abstract Wool Velvet Quilt
Wool Bowties Variation Quilt
 

 

The Zegart Fund for the Alliance for American Quilts is established.

The Alliance for American Quilts recently published a press release about The Zegart Fund for The Alliance for American Quilts.

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Catalogue now available

Catalogue Cover «Shelly Zegart: Passionate About Quilts» catalogue beautifully documents the retrospective exhibition of her more than thirty years work with quilts held at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft in Louisville, Kentucky (Sep 4 – Oct 26, 2008).    More...

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New articles added to Publications Collection

Old Maid, New Woman' - Article Title Page"Old Maid, New Woman": In times of high interest in politics in general and womens' roles and choices in specific, it is more than time for Shelly Zegart's «Old Maid, New Woman» article to be publicly available for the first time since it was originally publsihed in Quilt Digest in 1986. Susan Elizabeth Daggett, for whom the quilt was made to celebrate her 30th birthday, chose to remain single in the 1870's, as did a surprising number of her friends. Their work with the Young ladies Aid society in Canandaigua, NY, and their enduring friendship through the years was a force for women's activism and choices.   Read article...

'Myth and Methodology' - Article Title Page "Myth and Methodology": Just released and available to download - Shelly Zegart's groundbreaking article unpicks African American Quilt Scholarship, published in January 08-Selvedge, an international textile magazine. This article is a benchmark in understanding the problems with myth and methodology in this highly charged arena beginning in the late 1970's.   Read article...

 

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