[Electra Havemeyer Webb and the Shelburne Museum] And when combined with stenciled walls, painted furniture, stoneware pottery, pewter, and decorative textiles, they help create interiors notable for their distinctive profusion of colorful pattern and texture, and provide an introduction to the outstanding examples of pattern and design collected and highlighted by Electra Webb.

The donor, Franklin B. Smith inherited the collection of six quilts after his great-aunt's death.