Quilt, “Star” pattern

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

About 1940

  • Titles Quilt, "Star" pattern (Descriptive)
  • Medium textiles
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Helen and Robert Cargo, AFI.74.2006
  • Work Type quilt
  • Classification Quilts

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Small face jug of tan stoneware covered with opaque glazes in beige and brown, the neck short and the opening wide, with two large eyes surrounded by applied and protruding circular elements, which give them a comical appearance, the nose in between the eyes is long and rounded and has two protrusions on either side above the upper lip, these protrusions and the upper lip and mouth area flecked in black, from the mouth protrude five irregular, crooked teeth, with incised markings on the cheeks and stippled above the eyes, on the backside on either side of the handle incised FREE ME NOW and APRIL 16 TAXES DONE! along with an ichthys symbol.
Drunkard's path variation quilt
Large, roughly square quilt made of cotton feed sacks assembled in a grid pattern of 9 rows, each colorful quilt block made in a different pattern and some blocks are of different sizes, the whole a conglomeration of geometric and floral motifs in soft and subdued colors.
Tall wine goblet with a burgundy bowl, the exterior partially covered with a textured white glass, the lip with two intentional chips from which burgundy-colored glass drips emerge and run down the bowl, the long stem descends into an open burgundy and white flower-like form with similar glass drips and linear threads that spiral to the foot, which is round and of clear glass.