Quilt, “Pineapples” pattern

Mary Maxtion

1991

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Large, hand-sewn rectangular quilt of cotton velvet, cotton and wool, in the Log Cabin pattern comprised of a grid of squares of crushed brown velvet strips and opposing green strips with a single maroon square in the center, with beige edging, the backing in a printed cotton floral fabric in shades of brown and red, repairs have been made throughout with orange and rust-colored velvet and brown cotton.
Large, brown Rookwood Standard glazed pillow vase of a flattened-oval shape, decorated on one side with the underglaze slip portrait of a Native American woman seated on blankets and working on a long string of beads, in shades of muted brown and yellow, the lip pinched together in the middle.
Jar with no handles, green gray glaze
Alabama trees quilt, made by Nora Ezell with senior citizens of Panola, Sumter County, Alabama