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A patchwork quilt featuring a grid of log cabin patterned squares. The blocks consist of concentric strips of fabric in muted tones of cream, brown, dark blue, and red arranged around lighter central squares.
Quilt
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Quilt

Artist American Artist
Dateundated
MediumCotton
DimensionsApprox: 6 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft. 6 in. (190.5 x 198.1 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineThe Florida Art Collection, Gift of Samuel H. and Roberta T. Vickers
Object number2020.18.2
Collections
Visual DescriptionA patchwork quilt featuring a grid of log cabin patterned squares. The blocks consist of concentric strips of fabric in muted tones of cream, brown, dark blue, and red arranged around lighter central squares.
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Maryam Kienta
1981
Resist dyed damask, with burgundy field, small orange and white tie-dyed areas made by thread resist; central pattern has small tie-dyed shapes configured in concentric squares
Cloth (bazin)
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Blanket
Mossi Artist
20th century
Unsewn squares of red, black, green, yellow and blue.
Textile - blanket - woven men's weave
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1982
Wall Covering (arkilla kereka)
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A four-paneled bed cover made of narrow strips of handwoven cotton that has been colored in an elegant striped design with indigo dyes. The worn areas have been carefully repaired with patches of fabrics of various sorts.
Bedding Cover (futonji)
Japanese Artist
Meiji period (1868-1912)
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Geometric
Central American (Mexico, Huichol)
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Wooden board with handle, surface painted on both sides with amuletic images: off-white, green, violet, red, black. Side 1)A row of colored diagonal blocks on the top, with a central circle with Arabic inscriptions, and a scalloped pattern on the bottom. Side 2) an abstraction of a reptilian creature with a grid design on its back, inscriptions in each square, and surrounded by other marks.
Divination board
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late 20th- early 21st century

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