Quilt, “Blocks” pattern

Kennedy, Alabama

About 1920

  • Titles Quilt, "Blocks" pattern (Descriptive)
  • Medium textiles
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Helen and Robert Cargo, AFI.106.2007
  • Work Type quilt
  • Classification Quilts

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Sculpture of matte white glass with bright green, glossy glass overlay on the interior, from the "Morphos" series, of biomorphic form with a trumpet shape at one end and a three-lobed open stem at the other.
Uncle Sam dominates the center of the composition and waves miniature American flags with each hand, while standing atop a rainbow with the word "peace." Uncle Sam is surrounded by bust portraits of various United States presidents and famous quotes or slogans associated with them. From 11 o'clock, these are: Abraham Lincoln ("A house divided cannot stand"); George Washington ("Father of Our Country"); Richard Nixon ("I'm not a crook."); Dwight D. Eisenhower ("I Like Ike."); John F. Kennedy ("Ask not what your country can do for you…"); Woodrow Wilson ("Make the world safe for democracy"); Theodore Roosevelt ("…carry a big stick."); Franklin D. Roosevelt ("We have nothing to fear…"); and Harry S. Truman ("The buck stops here."). At center left and right, the word "WAR" is stitched beside firing cannons. The inner border consists of alternating red and white squares. The white squares are surmounted by blue five-pointed stars. The outer border is comprised of many small rectangular pieces of fabric in myriad colors.
Unnamed pattern in green and yellow.
Large, burgundy glass flower with yellow and purple tentacles emanating from the center, with a clear glass stem.