Object Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Benberry, Cuesta |
Object Name |
Block, Quilt |
Title |
Panel XII (Panel 12) |
Date |
07 / /99 |
Description |
A display panel of 11 quilt blocks mounted on solid gray cotton. The individual blocks are attached to the underlying panel with basting stitches at the top of each block. The blocks are, (listed from top down, proper right to proper left, followed by the object ID number), Bluebird 1999.001.260 Old Fashioned Rose 1999.001.297 Spring's Here 1999.001.278 Conventional Rose 1999.001.288 Sunbonnet Girl 1999.001.281 Rosebud 1999.001.302 Mexican Rose 1999.001.295 Oriental Vase of Poppies 1999.001.298 Tulip Fesival 1999.001.306 Basket of Tulips 1999.001.259 Mrs. Hall's Flower Basket 1999.001.296 |
Provenance |
The panel was created by The Quilters Hall of Fame for an exhibition titled "Evidences of Friendships: The Quilt Block Collection of Cuesta Benberry, St. Louis Missouri:. It hung in the Marion Public Library during Celebration Week in 1999.. The exhibition was curated by Hazel Carter, the founder of The Quilters Hall of Fame and sponsored by Karen Alexander of Vienna, VA. The blocks are from the collection of Cuesta Benberry who was an African-American quilt historian and researcher; The blocks on this panel were all made by Cuesta's friend and Round Robin correspondent, Frances Noack of St. Loius, MO. |
Artist |
Benberry, Cuesta |
Artist Role |
Collector |
Dimensions |
H-84 W-43 inches |
People |
Benberry, Cuesta Frances Noack |
Source |
Benberry, Cuesta |
Object ID |
1999.001.912 |