Quilt, Alabama, textiles

Quilt

Alabama

About 1960

  • Titles Quilt (Descriptive)
  • Medium textiles
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Helen and Robert Cargo, AFI.70.2008
  • Object Name quilt
  • Classification Quilts

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Large, clear, cut glass punch bowl from the American Brilliant Period, in the "Chrysanthemum" pattern, the top rim cut into graceful arches edged in scallops, the body features a pattern of hobstars and fans surmounting polished petals of fine diamonds that come together at the base.
Large quilt of plain and printed cotton fabrics in the "Snowball" pattern, the top with a pattern of small squares of different fabrics pieced in a grid pattern and on these are sewn rows of round, orange "snowballs" giving the quilt the look of an optical illusion, bordered on the two short sides with a band each of orange and blue fabrics (the blue is very faded) and on one long side edged in orange and on the other long side a blue band edged in orange, the backing of plain, cream-colored cotton.
Large, colorful album quilt comprised of 42 blocks of applique on solid cotton, each made by a different quilter in a different design, the blocks include flowers and floral motifs based on Alabama native flora, in the center is the United States flag, appearing to flutter gently in a light breeze, bearing 30 stars, the backing a plain muslin.
Small rectangular rosewood box with hinged lid, the top with silver inlay in the form of the Mesoamerican serpent god Quetzalcoatl, his body tied in a knot, with feathers extending from his tail and his tongue out.