Noah's Ark applique quilt made by Yvonne Wells
date: label: Date
content: 1988
name: label: Created by
content: Yvonne Wells, American
notes: label: Description
content: A color block pieced and appliqued quilt depicting the biblical story of animals boarding Noah's Ark made by Yvonne Wells. The quilt has a blue sky and a rust-red ground machine-stitched together. The ark, animals, and people are hand appliqued to the background. The animals are lined up in pairs waiting to board the ark, which is in the bottom left facing corner. Noah stands near the ark, while a woman with pink rickrack hair looks out the window and two other people stand on the deck. Two additional people are standing at the right facing side near the seam of the sky and ground backgrounds, with one holding an umbrella. The animals are made from a variety of fabrics and colors including faux fur, sheep's skin, printed stripes, and a Halloween fabric turned with the wrong side facing. The animals have plastic button eyes in a range of colors and sizes, while the people have embroidered faces. The central motif is bordered on the sides with a solid purple and on the top and bottom with a purple and red check. Each corner of the border features a different applique design with a series of diagonal scraps at the top left facing corner, a white cross in the top right, a green polka dot tree trunk in the bottom left, and an embroidered signature in the bottom right reading "YW1P88" in green thread. The quilt contains polyester batting and is backed in a light blue fabric with a small repeating design of white crosses. The backing is turned to the front and hand stitched with white thread, then machine stitched with blue thread to form the binding. The quilting is done by hand in white thread in a scallop or fan design.
place: label: Place made
content: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Religion
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
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: 2013.162.5
objectType: label: Type
content: presentation quilts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wool, cotton, and synthetic fiber cloth, polyester batting, cotton and synthetic fiber thread, plastic buttons, rickrack trimming, and acrylic yarn
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 72 × 66 in. (182.9 × 167.6 cm)