Showcasing the power of textiles in diplomacy, the eleven quilts in this exhibit come from Liberia, West Africa. The quilts in this exhibit catalog were pulled from eight American collections, including three presidential libraries and the State Department's Center for Diplomacy. Marking the first large-scale exhibit of Liberian quilts in the United States, this catalog introduces audiences to the art of Liberian quilting. An artistic tradition originally imported to Liberia with American settlers in 1820, Liberian women along the coasts have been quilting for nearly two centuries.