Quilt, “Triangles” pattern

Ida Bell Bester

About 1975-1980

  • Titles Quilt, "Triangles" pattern (Descriptive)
  • Artist Ida Bell Bester, American, Emelle, Alabama, 1901 - 1993
  • Medium textiles
  • Dimensions 77 1/2 × 68 1/2 in. (196.9 × 174 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.784.2013
  • Work Type quilt
  • Classification Quilts

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Picture or story quilt handcrafted of multi-colored cotton and cotton blend fabrics in shades of red, green and blue, made in commemoration of the Civil Rights Movement, in a grid pattern of nine blocks beginning in the upper left corner with block 5) Bus Boycott--Rosa Parks; upper middle block 6) [illegible] Baptist Church (appears to be an image of Bethel Baptist Church); upper right block 8) Kennedy Saga; middle left block 1) 16th Street Baptist Church; middle block 3) Extra Milers; middle right block 2) Freedom Riders; lower left block 7) Edmund Pettus Bridge; lower middle block 4) Dexter Avenue Baptist Church; lower right block 9) Directory.
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Red, yellow, blue, and floral strip quilt.
Snail Trail quilt, pink and green, (see other quilt from same family - machine appliqued Princess Feather quilt)