Record Details

Strip Quilt

Artist Idabell Bester ((1901–c.1992))

ArtistQuilted by Losie Webb ((dates unknown))

DatePieced 1980; quilted 1990

Place/RegionEmelle, Alabama, United States

MediumCotton and synthetics

Dimensions83 × 71"

Credit LineGift of Helen and Robert Cargo

Accession number1991.19.4

CopyrightCopyright for this work is under review.

Description

Strip piecing is a primary construction technique in West African and Caribbean textiles, and Idabell Bester’s Strip Quilt has been compared to West African men’s woven cloth. However, the strip set also has a long tradition in European American quilts.

Elizabeth V. Warren, "Strip Quilt," exhibition label for QUILTS: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum. Elizabeth V. Warren, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2010.