Object Record
Metadata
Collection |
Benberry, Cuesta |
Object Name |
Block, Quilt |
Title |
Panel IX (Panel 9) |
Date |
07 / /99 |
Description |
A display panel of 14 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), ew Testament 1999.001.128 54-40 or Fifht 1999.001.103 Crewel Embroidery 1999.001.091 Sunbonnet Sue 1999.001150 Running Between the Rain 1999.001.140 Butterfly 1999.001.081 Appliqued Rose 1999.001.069 Star of LeMoyne 1999.001.149 Whirling Leaves 1999.001.163 Maple eaves 1999.001.123 Alabama Beauty 1999.001.066 Indiana Rose 1999.001.114 Egyptian Butterfly 1999.001. 097 |
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, Nancy Horvat of East St. Loius, IL. |
Artist |
Benberry, Cuesta |
Artist Role |
Collector |
Dimensions |
H-84 W-43 inches |
People |
Benberry, Cuesta Horvat, Nancy |
Source |
Benberry, Cuesta |
Object ID |
1999.001.909 |