Quilt, “Ladders” pattern

Rose Hurst

1990

  • Titles Quilt, "Ladders" pattern (Descriptive)
  • Artist Rose Hurst, American, Montgomery County, Alabama
  • Medium textiles
  • Dimensions 81 × 75 1/2 in. (205.7 × 191.8 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.814.2013
  • Work Type quilt
  • Classification Quilts

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