Strip Quilt Made of Work Clothes by Susana Allen Hunter, 1950-1955

Artifact

Strip quilt

Date Made

1950-1955

Creators

Hunter, Susana Allen, 1912-2005 

Place of Creation

United States, Alabama, Wilcox county 

Creator Notes

Made by Susana Allen Hunter in Wilcox County, Alabama.

Keywords

United States, Alabama, Dallas county 

United States, Alabama, Wilcox county 

Strip quilts 

Utility quilts 

Quilts 

Bed coverings 

African American quilts 

African Americans 

Quiltmakers 

Improvisational (Style) 

Right Angle (Pattern) 

Pieced quilts 

Work clothes quilts 

Hunter family 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2006.79.24

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Purchased with funds from the Eleanor B. Safford Memorial Textile Fund.

Material

Cotton (Textile)
Denim
Twill

Technique

Piecing
Quilting
Hand sewing

Color

Blue
Tan (Color)
Ivory (Color)
Green

Dimensions

Height: 80.75 in

Width: 65.25 in

Inscriptions

Printed on sack cloth on verso: 25 LBS. NET WEIGHT / CABIN HOME / ENRICHED / WHITE CORN MEAL / OLD STYLE * UNBLOTED / MANUFACTURED BY / WESTERN GRAINS CO. / BIRMINGHAM, ALA. / 26 X 26