DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada
Butterflies Quilt
NameQuilt
Maker
Addie B. Jovett
(born 1907)
Date1983
Place madeCLOVIS, NEW MEXICO, United States, NORTH AMERICA
MediumCotton
Dimensions84 1/4 × 66 15/16 × 1 3/16 in. (214 × 170 × 3 cm)
Object numberFA.1985.330.2
DescriptionButterfly. Appliqué embroidered, stitched and quilted. 4 rows of 5 butterflies with black bodies and print wings. Embroidered around wings and bodies. Embroidered antenna and group of flowers above head.Asked friends to send her cut-out fabric wings for butterflies.
Isleta Tinsmith
Late 19th century
