Stylized floral appliqué quilt
date: label: Date
content: 20th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: Appliqué quilt in red, green, yellow, and white with a stylized floral design. There are twelve (12) blocks on the quilt, all alike, containing hand-appliquéd design of a highly stylized floral motif in solid red, solid green, and solid pale yellow fabrics on a white ground. The blocks are sewn together without sashing, and are surrounded by an appliqué border of an abstract leaf and bud vine in red and green. A thin red border with printed black dots fabric followed by a wider solid light green border surround the blocks and inner vine border, with red striped square corners in both the red and green borders. The quilt is backed with a brown and pink plaid cotton and a layer of batting is placed between the top and back. The solid green binding is machine-sewn and the layers are hand-quilted in white, red, or green thread corresponding to the ground color of the top fabric where the stitches are made. A muslin sleeve is basted along the back of one edge for hanging, with a thin strip of Velcro sewn above it and smaller pieces of Velcro sewn at each bottom back corner.
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: 2013.215.11
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 cloth, batting, and thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 83 1/4 × 66 1/2 × 1/4 in. (211.5 × 168.9 × 0.6 cm)