Object Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Benberry, Cuesta |
Object Name |
Block, Quilt |
Title |
Panel XI (Panel 11) |
Date |
/ /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), No Name 1999.001.258 Snow Crystals 1999.001.304 T-Square 1999.001.282 Ninee Patch 1999.001.274 Autumn 1999.001.285 Log Cabin/String 1999.001.271 Carolina Cross.1999.001.287 Clay's Choice 1999.001.264 Twin Sisters 1999.001.283 Butterfly 1999.001. 286 Stripes 1999.001.305 Pieced Star 1999.001.299 Fringed Square 1999.001.293 Christmas Star 1999.001. 265 King's Crown 1999.001,270 |
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 |
1999.001.911 |