Sujet

Album Quilt, New York, 1854. Made before the American Civil War (1861-1865), this quilt depicts sensitively portrayed African American figures who seem to be a family, possibly the maker's own. Appliquéd and embroidered brown fabric comprises their faces and hands, with hand-and-heart motif in the bottom right corner. Sarah Ann Wilson may have been a free black woman living in New York.

Légende

Album Quilt, New York, 1854. Creator: Sarah Ann Wilson.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21B35_058

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

59,7Mo (3,4Mo) / 42,0cm x 35,6cm / 4960 x 4206 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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