- Created by
- Unidentified
- Date
- late 20th-early 21st century
- Medium
- cotton cloth, synthetic fiber cloth, cotton and synthetic fiber blend cloth, and polyester batting
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 92 3/4 × 80 × 1/4 in. (235.6 × 203.2 × 0.6 cm)
- Description
- Nine patch quilt with a primarily red and black color scheme, including red and black printed stripe sashing between the thirty-six (36) blocks. The blocks are made from fabrics in several colors and fibers, including printed and woven cottons, synthetics, and fiber blends. The blocks are surrounded by a border made from the same fabric as the sashing, then a second wide border made from solid red fabric. The outer border is turned to the back and sewn down to form the binding. A layer of polyester batting is placed between the top and the back, with the back made from plain muslin. It is hand quilted in white thread in several patterns: outline of the nine-patch blocks, fans in the horizontal sashing, twined vine in the vertical sashing and inner border, scalloped lines with fans in the outer border.
- Classification
- Textiles and Quilts
- Type
- quilts
- Topic
- Domestic life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry
- Object number
- 2013.215.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




