Quilt, “Courthouse Steps” or “Log Cabin” pattern variation

Lenora Mustin

About 1940

  • Titles Quilt, "Courthouse Steps" or "Log Cabin" pattern variation (Descriptive)
  • Artist Lenora Mustin, American, Pickensville, Alabama, died 1970s
  • Medium textiles
  • Dimensions 71 × 70 1/4 in. (180.3 × 178.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Robert and Helen Cargo African American Quilt Collection; Gift of Caroline Cargo, AFI.851.2013
  • Work Type quilt
  • Classification Quilts

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