Evening Dress

Carolyne Roehm

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When Robert T. Cargo went to Ms. Burrell's house she was in the midst of cooking deer meat for her breakfast, 8am, October 10, 1991.
Pickle Dish quilt, found in Tuscaloosa County
Cotton in red, green, yellow and red. Print on white ground. Pieced quilt with four major squares across by three major squares down; white ground with "X" design with leaves at end and four fans in each square; arched quilting, cotton batting.
Known as the "New Yorker" or "Jazz Bowl," this large and colorful punch bowl, glazed in a rich Egyptian blue, is considered an icon of American Art Deco design. Decorated with streetlights, skyscrapers, cocktails, drunken revelers and musical instruments, including a bass drum head emblazoned with the word "JAZZ," this vibrant vessel tells the story of a night out on the town. This particular Jazz Bowl is an early example, as the body is fashioned in a perfect parabolic curve. Because the walls of the parabolic bowl sometimes became misshapen in the kiln, later examples were made with a flared rim for additional stability.