Quilt, “Shoo Fly” pattern variation

Mary Winn

About 1970

  • Titles Quilt, "Shoo Fly" pattern variation (Descriptive)
  • Artist Mary Winn, American, Holt, Alabama
  • Medium textiles
  • Dimensions 80 × 83 1/2 in. (203.2 × 212.1 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.890.2013
  • Work Type quilt
  • Classification Quilts

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