Baby Blanket

Alabama

1910 - 1920

  • Titles Baby Blanket (Descriptive)
  • Medium wool
  • Credit Line Gift of Helen Benedict Byrd in honor of Martha Milner Benedict, 1986.948
  • Object Name blanket
  • Classification Costume

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Drunkard's Path
Large, rectangular quilt made of cotton feed sacks in the "Butterfly" pattern, pieced together in a grid of 20 blocks of white fabric edged in green, the center of each block with appliqued and embroidered butterflies in a variety of colorful patterns.
A press-molded circular pitcher with pink glaze, a broad spout, and tall neck decorated in relief with a grapevine motif. The handle is in the form of a greyhound, which appears to be climbing into the jug. The body is decorated in relief with hunting scenes: hounds attacking a stag on one side and mastiffs attacking a boar on the other.
Large rectangular quilt made of cotton feed sacks in the "Six-Pointed Star" pattern, pieced of small six-pointed stars in a variety of patterns and colors between white hexagons, edged in pale green with a narrow pink binding.