1907 Georgia State Fair Blue Ribbon Quilt
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1907
name: label: maker
content: Dement, Amanda Bowers
notes: label: Description
content: Quilt made, according to the donor, by Amanda Bowers Dement; it won a blue ribbon at the 1907 Georgia State Fair in Atlanta. An unusual example of the stereotyping imagery common at the time, used both to demean African Americans, and to celebrate the mythic world of the antebellum South.
label: Description
content: The quilt depicts a black man, holding a knife and a slice of watermelon, standing in the center of a watermelon patch surrounded by a white fence which forms the outer border of the quilt.
label: Description
content: The quilt is machine-appliqued and machine-joined in 9 large sections which were then joined before embroidery was added. Gray cotton lining. No filling; the 9 sections of front are appliqued and quilted through a layer of cotton cloth. Embroidery stitches: Stem, Straight. Quilting pattern: background quilting (crossing lines which form uneven diamonds) machine-stitched on each of the 9 sections. Watermelons machine-quilted, 16 stitches/inch. Lining not quilted; held to quilt with tacking stitches in only about 20 places. No binding; front and lining turned in and held by Herringbone stitch.
label: Description
content: [Please note: NMAH curators are actively researching this quilt, and are eager to hear from members of the public who have information to share.]
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Georgia
topic: label: Subject
content: African American
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Quilts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16989.00A
label: accession number
content: 309852
label: catalog number
content: T16989A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
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