Quilt in eight pointed star design made by an enslaved person in Georgia
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1863, repaired later
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: A lightweight quilt with an eight pointed star design handmade by an enslaved person near Macon, Georgia. Each block is composed of a center square of colored fabric surrounded by triangles in the same fabric pieced together with light colored fabric triangles to form an eight pointed star. A fabric with striped red, brown and white print forms a border around the blocks. The quilt has been tied off with white string at the center and edges of each block as well as along the outside border. There are white fabric strips on the reverse with loops at the edge. The reverse has a white background with a black linear dot pattern. The fabric is stained and discolored with previous repairs.
place: label: Place made
content: Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Textile design
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Textiles and Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.6
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: dye on cotton
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 84 × 68 in. (213.4 × 172.7 cm)