DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada

Quilt top block

NameQuilt top block

Maker Rosie Lee Jones Brooks (born 1916)

Dateca. 1985

Place madeNEW MEXICO, UNITED STATES, NORTH AMERICA

MediumCotton

DimensionsOverall: 11 in. (28 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of the New Mexico Quilt Survey Participants, with partial funds from the International Folk Art Foundation, FA.1987.417.

Object numberFA.1987.417.4

Collections

New Mexico Quilt Survey

DescriptionPieced, stitched. Eight white calico squares around center red cross, with red triangles surrounding them. In center cross is "Rosie L. Jones Brooks" machine stitched in white. No backing or edging.Each block was made by one of the women interviewed ...con't