Quilt, “Housetop” pattern

Rose Hurst

1990

  • Titles Quilt, "Housetop" pattern (Descriptive)
  • Artist Rose Hurst, American, Montgomery County, Alabama
  • Medium textiles
  • Dimensions 79 1/2 × 78 1/2 in. (201.9 × 199.4 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.815.2013
  • Work Type quilt
  • Classification Quilts

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