Quilt depicting Melrose Plantation by Clementine Hunter
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1965
name: label: Created by
content: Clementine Hunter, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Melrose Plantation, American, founded 1832
notes: label: Description
content: This quilt depicts several buildings on Melrose Plantation. In the center of the quilt is a large white house with a red chimney and black fabric used to indicate roof, windows, and doors. The house is rectangular with two round turrets at either end. In front of each turret is a human figure, a woman in an orange skirt on the right, and a woman in a green skirt on the left. Stylized trees and bushes flank the front and back of the building. The bottom half of the quilt depicts two structures, on the left a small white house with a black roof, one black window, one door, and a red chimney. On the right is a smaller structure with a large overhanging black roof and black support beams. The walls are white, with two narrow black and light blue doors. Each building is flanked by stylized trees. The artist's initials are sewn onto the lower right corner, with the "C" backwards.
place: label: Place made
content: Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Folklife
label: Topic
content: Rural life
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Classification
content: Textiles and Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Sabra Brown Martin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.68.16
objectType: label: Type
content: quilts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Cane River Art Corporation
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cotton (fiber) , paper (fiber product) , thread and wool (hair)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 38 × 34 in. (96.5 × 86.4 cm)