- Created by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
- Date
- ca. 1863, repaired later
- Medium
- dye on cotton
- Dimensions
- H x W: 84 × 68 in. (213.4 × 172.7 cm)
- Description
- A lightweight quilt with an eight pointed star design handmade by an enslaved person near Macon, Georgia. Each block is composed of a center square of colored fabric surrounded by triangles in the same fabric pieced together with light colored fabric triangles to form an eight pointed star. A fabric with striped red, brown and white print forms a border around the blocks. The quilt has been tied off with white string at the center and edges of each block as well as along the outside border. There are white fabric strips on the reverse with loops at the edge. The reverse has a white background with a black linear dot pattern. The fabric is stained and discolored with previous repairs.
- Place made
- Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Textiles and Quilts
- Type
- quilts
- Topic
- Craftsmanship
- Design
- Domestic life
- Slavery
- Textile design
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.108.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




