Hexagon pieced quilt

NameQuilt

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1940 - 1959

Place madeNew Mexico, United States, North America

MediumCotton, synthetic

Dimensions69 7/8 × 64 9/16 in. (177.5 × 164 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Karin B. Hall on behalf of her grandmother, Cornelia Thompson, A.2016.53.1

Object numberA.2016.53.1

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionThis quilt with no batting is of 1" hexagons following a variation of grandma's flower garden with a central (hexagonal) urn type flower basket with orange blooms. Set in a brown and blue outline. Surrounding it are hexagon florals extending from large to small. Backing muslin, one side turned under, three sides completed with cloth tape.