Quilt

NameBedcover

Maker Huang Biyu

CultureZhuang

Date2017

(not assigned)Guangxi Province, China, East Asia, Asia

MediumCotton, silk, natural dyes

Dimensions33 1/4 × 49 1/4 in. (84.4552 × 125.0953 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Huang Biyu, A.2017.72.1

Object numberA.2017.72.1

DescriptionThe indigo ground of this quilt consists of three panels that have appliques of four patterns. These include a four part stylized shape symbolizing a frog (meaning fertility and charity), a yellow four petalled flower on a square pink ground, an orange "curling flower motif" (meaning our life has roots and money), and a modified hexagonal shape. All are outlined by a gold colored silk thread couched with red thread. A magenta border surrounds the quilt. Backing the quilt is a natural light weight muslin which is turned to the front to form an outer border. The quilt is signed in Chinese characters.