Quilt, “Improved Nine-Patch” pattern

Edna Mae Rice

August 1988

  • Titles Quilt, "Improved Nine-Patch" pattern (Descriptive)
  • Artist Edna Mae Rice, American, Eutaw, Alabama
  • Medium textiles
  • Dimensions 72 1/2 × 74 in. (184.2 × 188 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.871.2013
  • Work Type quilt
  • Classification Quilts

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