Birds in Flight quilt
Object type: Quilt
Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
Artist: Mertlene Perkins
Artist bio: American, born Gastonburg, Alabama, 1917–2015 Alberta, Alabama
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: American
Date: 1940s
Medium: Top and back: cotton
Dimensions: 85 5/8 × 68 3/4 in. (217.5 × 174.6 cm)
Classification: Textiles
Credit line: Gift of Souls Grown Deep Foundation from the William S. Arnett Collection, 2014
Accession year: 2014