Object Details
- Caption
- The man in the moon looks down at the beige house with a red roof in this colorful quilt. A white picket fence encloses the idyllic yard featuring an appliqued white horse grazing, an appliqued black cat standing outside the door, and an embroidered blue bird singing while perched on a chimney. Smoke billows out of the other chimney, suggesting inhabitants. Embroidered insects texture the piece, as do the metal button doorknob, laced-edged white curtains with red ribbon ties, and hand-quilting. Piecing for the yard, house, sky, and portions of the roof are partly machine sewn; all other details are hand-appliqued. Rounded corners and white binding finish the quilt, neatly tying together this harmonious depiction of natural and built environments.
- Cite As
- Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution
- 1990
- Accession Number
- 1995.5009.0002
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- quilt
- Medium
- cotton, batting, metal
- Dimensions
- 46 1/8 × 42 15/16 in. (117.2 × 109 cm)
- See more items in
- Anacostia Community Museum Collection
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Record ID
- acm_1995.5009.0002
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dl86f2081e3-8d16-4ece-955a-541f6935f919
