Quilt

NameBedcover / Quilt Top

Maker Wei Guoer (Zhuang)

CultureZhuang

Date2016

Place madeHechi City, Guangxi Province, China, Asia

MediumCotton, silk, hemp, rice paste, paper (template), indigo dye

Dimensions81 1/2 × 66 15/16 × 3/16 in. (207 × 170 × 0.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase with funds from JoAnn and Bob Balzer, Folk Art Market Purchase Prize, 2017, A.2018.9.1

Object numberA.2018.9.1

DescriptionThe border of this quilt consists of six indigo-dyed cotton or hemp panels. The quilt's center is made up of 12 squares (whose height and width vary slightly from one another) separated by a white cotton tape. The predominant color of the center is red made from a cotton velveteen, forming four appendages around a central circle in whose center are embroidered flowers, different in each square. Completing the square are black sections with hot pink, purple and orange embroidered floral designs, different in each square. There is a yellow tag with chinese characters on the face of the quilt in the black border.