Quilt, “Spiderweb Star” pattern

Alabama

About 1950

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Rectangular quilt in the "Sunbonnet Sue" pattern, with navy blue polka-dotted background fabric with light yellow border, upon which a series of Sunbonnet Sues in a variety of cotton calico, some in silhouette against the background, others against a light pink floral piece of fabric, each Sue embroidered with the name of a woman or man, with central inscription: 178 GIRLS/NO TWO/JUST ALIKE/EXCEPT THE/TWINS FIND/THEM. The back of yellow cotton with orange floral pattern and same light yellow border.
Carnelian II vase, shape 308-7"
Pickle Dish quilt
A mold-formed cottage-type vase with central cartouche featuring a polychrome domestic genre scene. A woman in a grey top with white polka dots and blue skirt, standing at right, tends to a pink parrot with a blue head perched on a tall stand at left. She extends her right arm, touching the bird's outstreched proper left wing. In her right hand, she holds a small basket containing something white, which she keeps to her side. To the woman's right, a table atop which sits a blue vase containing a pink flower.