Untitled (Strip Construction Quilt with Bars and Multiple Borders)
Artist once known, Mississippi
Details
Title
Untitled (Strip Construction Quilt with Bars and Multiple Borders)
Artist/Maker
Artist once known, Mississippi
Date
1940s
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
84 × 64 inches
Credit
Purchase through funds provided by patrons of Collectors Evening 2017
Accession #
2017.203
Location
Currently not on view
This quilt demonstrates how the practice of crazy quilting was adapted by women from different social and racial backgrounds in the twentieth century. The middle of the quilt features columns composed of the closely fitted, sharp-edged fragments of fabric often associated with crazy quilting. Around its edges, however, long rectangular and small square pieces create a border that evidences the “bars and strips” patterns pioneered by Southern African American quilters. The fabric used by its unidentified maker, a variety of cotton as opposed to velvet or satin, also differentiates this quilt from a traditional Victorian-era crazy quilt.