Mills, Joseph Levin; Mills, Marietta Dickinson, circa 1850

Joseph Levin Mills and Marietta Dickinson Mills were the grandparents of Katharine Mills Steel. Envelope states the case was displayed in an exhibit "Lavish Legacies" March 1994 - January 1995. Acc. Number 004671. From website http://www.abebooks.com/9780938420392/Lavish-Legacies-Baltimore-Album-Related-0938420399/plp: "The Maryland Historical Society houses the largest and most representative collection of authentic Baltimore album quilts. The collection includes more than two dozen prime examples as well as a number of appliqued chintz and red-and-green appliqued quills, the precursors of the Baltimore album quilt style, of which there are more than 300 surviving examples throughout the country. This book, a record of a major exhibition at the Maryland Historical Society (1994-1995) discusses the social history of the Baltimore album quilt (who made them and why) and the techniques that were used, It contains an important bibliography of quilting books. The author lectures widely on quilts and quilt history in major cities and in major museums on the eastern seaboard. A must book for traditional quilters everywhere."