Object Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Benberry, Cuesta |
Object Name |
Block, Quilt |
Title |
Panel IV (Panel 4) |
Date |
07 / /99 |
Description |
A display panel of 15 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), Coffin; 1999.001.053 Queen Charlotte's Crown 1999.001.032 Blazing Star 1999.001.012 Variable Star 1999.001.004 Clamshell One 1999.001.018 The Reel 1999.001.046 Clamshell Two 1999.001.017 Snow Geese 1999.001.052 Indian Hatchet 1999.001.036 Florida Star 1999.001.024 Jacob's Ladder.1999.001014 James Madison Block 1999.001.022 Log Cabin .1999.001064 Providence 1999.001.007 Courthouse Steps 1999.001.031 |
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, except Log Cabin, made by Cuesta's friend and Round Robin correspondent, Mary Schafer of Flushing, MI; Mary is also an Honoree of the Quilters Hall of Fame. |
Artist |
Benberry, Cuesta |
Artist Role |
Collector |
Dimensions |
H-84 W-43 inches |
People |
Benberry, Cuesta Shafer, Mary |
Source |
Benberry, Cuesta |
Object ID |
1999.001.904 |