Quilt Blocks, “Album” or “Autograph Cross” pattern

Alabama

About 1875-1880

  • Titles Quilt Blocks, "Album" or "Autograph Cross" pattern (Descriptive)
  • Artist Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, United States
  • Medium textiles
  • Dimensions each: 12 x 12 in. (30.5 x 30.5 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Helen and Robert Cargo, AFI.156.2009.1-.15
  • Work Type quilt blocks
  • Classification Quilts

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Princess Feather quilt, machine applique, nine squares each with feather motif in beige and red against cream background with orange and green border at top and bottom
Simple white cotton muslin chemise dress with long sleeves, gathered neck and Empire waist with drawstring gathers and sash, with decorative floral embroidery in white consisting of vines and bows, in long and short stitch at hem, slightly trained.
Two-piece black moiré silk dress embroidered with bright red flowers, comprised of bodice and skirt, the bodice with high, stiff, straight collar and loose inset blouse of plain black silk with nipped waist and back tie, with leg-of-mutton sleeves, the tulip bell skirt with ruffled hem, the back gathered at the waist and with a slight train.
Large, mostly red, white and blue cotton embroidered and appliqued quilt designed to commemorate the bicentennial of the signing of the US constitution in 1787, in the center a blue square edged in red and with a smaller red square at an angle inside it, within this a blue square with the image of a full-rigged ship on its way to the New World, at each corner a roundel that includes representations of the three branches of the United States government as well as liberty illustrated by a torch in the lower right corner, at the top are the dates 1787 and 1987 and the American flag flanked by the flags of the four European countries that contributed to the early European settlement of North America: Great Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, and France, along the sides are olive branches signifying peace, and along the bottom of the quilt are thirteen individuals in native or traditional dress representing the diversity of the United States.