Object Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Benberry, Cuesta |
Object Name |
Block, Quilt |
Title |
Panel VI (Panel 6) |
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), Arrowheads 1999.001.071 Double Tulip 1999.001.094 Churn Dash 1999.001.088 Blue Heaven 1999.001.077 Turn About 1999.001.161 Blazing Star1999.001.074 Aunt Eliza's Star 1999.001.73 Providence 1999.001.135 Jacob's Ladder 1999.001.118 Roman Cross 1999.001.138 Three and Six 1999.001.158 Seven Sisters 1999.001.143 Boy's Playmate 1999.001.079 |
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 |
1999.001.906 |