"Quilts and Color: The Pilgrim/Roy Collection," which opened on Tuesday in the Gund Gallery in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , is not what you might expect from a show on historical textiles. This ...

With just three colors – orange, red and green – and a geometric design, the “Ocean Waves” and the “Carpenter’s Wheel” quilts seemed to pop from the museum walls. It was a “wow” moment for the first ...