Inscription On the reverse the embroidered dedication, "To my mother who taught me how to sew and quilt and to care about the tired, the poor, and the homeless."
On the reverse a patch with the name, address and telephone number of the maker Helen Cargo.
On the front in the central medallion the text, "GIVE ME YOUR TIRED YOUR POOR YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE THE WRETCHED REFUSE OF YOUR TEEMING SHORE SEND THESE THE HOMELESS TEMPEST TOST TO ME I RAISE MY TORCH BESIDE THE GOLDEN DOOR" after Emma Lazarus's 1883 sonnet "The New Colossus"
Provenance Made by Helen McCain Cargo (1933-2008) in 1984; Robert Cargo (1933-2012) and Helen Cargo (1933-2008), Tuscaloosa, Alabama; by descent to their daughter, Caroline Cargo, Paoli, Pennsylvania; by gift to the Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art in 2011
