Broken Dishes Quilt

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

About 1940

  • Titles Broken Dishes Quilt (Descriptive)
  • Medium cotton, printed cotton, muslin, flour sacks
  • Dimensions 86 1/2 × 71 1/2 in. (219.7 × 181.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Helen and Robert Cargo, AFI.100.2006
  • Work Type quilt
  • Classification Quilts

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Footed vase with trumpet-like body, and two handles resembling arms held akimbo. Multiple glazes consisting of purple, green, rose, and ochre hues give a mottled or marbleized appearance.
Crossbar
Quilt with fifteen American flags.
String quilt.