Red and white star pattern quilt
date: label: Date
content: late 20th-early 21st century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: Red and white star pieced block quilt with red sashing and borders. The twenty (20) blocks each contain a nine-patch star made from solid red, sold white, and printed cream cotton fabrics. The sashing and border are solid red. The blocks are hand pieced, but they are sewn to the sashing by machine. The quilt is backed with a purple, white, and pink striped cotton flannel. The edges of the red border on the top are turned to the back to form the binding. The top, cotton batting, and back are attached with hand quilting in a scalloped design using white thread. A strip of muslin with Velcro is hand sewn along the back of one edge. A fabric label is hand sewn to the recto proper left corner with handwritten text in red and black ink reading: "#13 BROKEN STAR / 76" x 64" ".
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Textiles and Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.215.5
objectType: label: Type
content: quilts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cotton, cotton flannel, cotton batting, cotton thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 72 1/2 × 64 × 1/4 in. (184.2 × 162.6 × 0.6 cm)