Conservatory: Winter 2000 21"h x 17"w Sold at Auction December 2000 Here is a view from inside the Bromeliad House of Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle on a rainy November day. This quilt was auctioned as a fund raiser for the Friends of the Conservatory building fund. Pieced cotton prints, Bali batiks and hand dyed cottons, with rayon and metallic threads and handmade cords.