Petticoat

Birmingham, Alabama

About 1890

  • Titles Petticoat (Descriptive)
  • Medium satin
  • Dimensions 34 1/2 in. (87.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Ms. Winifred Mary Gilb, 1985.196
  • Work Type petticoat
  • Classification Costume

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Round, dinner-sized artist proof plate of white porcelain printed with a narrow black band around the edge and a wider black band around the inner well, the rim of the plate printed in black in a pattern of small daisies that form a chain link design, the central well printed with the upper body of an African or African American woman, nude, reclining on a pillow, her hands behind her head in a relaxed position, from her mouth extends a speech bubble with the words, MMMMMM! THAT WAS SOME REAL GOOD EATIN...
Four patch quilt.
Whig Rose
Oil paint en grisaille fired onto the glass