Quilt, “Lattice Windows”? pattern

Arnold

1984

  • Titles Quilt, "Lattice Windows"? pattern (Descriptive)
  • Artist Arnold, American, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • Medium textiles
  • Dimensions 81 3/4 × 60 3/4 in. (207.6 × 154.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Helen and Robert Cargo, AFI.92.2007
  • Work Type quilt
  • Classification Quilts

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