Sun Umbrella

Irene Bernhard Thomas

About 1900

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Wool "log cabin" quilt in pattern of squares broken on a black ground, the squares forming a larger, diamond pattern, backed in satin
Drunkard's Path
Glazed stoneware face jug with undefined white eyes and an open mouth with teeth, the face glazed half brown and half tan with a splotch of brown on the nose and splash of gold above the left eyebrow, with a phallic-shaped handle and short spout, the entire piece with applied bits including a blue and white teacup hanging from the left side, ceramic shards projecting from the face, shell motifs, a baby’s head, and stuck in the forehead a white porcelain cow's head, on top of the face are the torso and head of a male figure sticking his tongue out, with undefined white eyes and wearing stacked dishes on his head, from his torso project ceramic legs and arms and on his left shoulder sits a blue ceramic horse, on the right and resting on the spout are a pale tan horse and white porcelain head, with a round bail handle with two loose snakes wrapped around it and a hollow head with pierced eyes as finial, on the back incised LENZO and the date 9-11-2001 along with God Help Us.
Triangles and bars quilt.