Quilters' Protest Answered; Smithsonian Agrees To Label Imports From: The Washington Post | Date: April 11, 1992| Author: Patricia Dane Rogers | Copyright 1992 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Responding to protests against the licensing of four of its antique American quilts for reproduction in China, the Smithsonian Institution offered angry patchworkers a thimbleful of conciliation yesterday.

Fifteen high-profile members of the national quilt community, meeting with Roger Kennedy, director of the National Museum of American History, wanted the Smithsonian to cancel its contract for the Chinese-made quilts, which are sold through catalogues. Instead, the Smithsonian agr...

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