Untitled197652 x 40 1/2"Silk and cottonGift of Stephanie and Clayton Fowler in honor of their mother, Jacqueline Fowler2022.12.10possibly a crib quilt. On the right edge, it bears embroidered stars and the phrase “American Wild.” A four-head motif with distinct facial expression (smiley, angry, surprised, neutral), circumscribed by two blue and two red polka dots, is regularly repeated on the surface1575178478Mary K. BorkowskiTextilesDaytonDaytonUnited StatesOhioTextilesAdam ReichDaytonObject information is a work in progress and
may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the
American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgThree “thread paintings” by Mary K. Borkowski are currently part of AFAM’s MULTITUDES exhibition. Aside this more well-known practice of her art making, she also produced quilts. We currently have two of them in the Museum collection, displaying fairly traditional patterns. One of the two quilts currently proposed, also originally collected by Jaqueline L. Fowler, is quite unusual, and allows one to draw parallels with her narrative thread paintings. This quilt was made in honor of the nation’s bicentennial. It includes the pledge of allegiance and thread portraits of all the presidents to date at that time, including a vignette signaling Nixon’s impeachment and the transfer of power to Ford. The workmanship is remarkable, and the condition is pristine. The smaller companion piece is possibly a crib quilt. On the right edge, it bears embroidered stars and the phrase “American Wild.” A four-head motif with distinct facial expression (smiley, angry, surprised, neutral), circumscribed by two blue and two red polka dots, is regularly repeated on the surface19761976 2022 12 1 Object information is a work in progress and
may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the
American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgThree “thread paintings” by Mary K. Borkowski are currently part of AFAM’s MULTITUDES exhibition. Aside this more well-known practice of her art making, she also produced quilts. We currently have two of them in the Museum collection, displaying fairly traditional patterns. One of the two quilts currently proposed, also originally collected by Jaqueline L. Fowler, is quite unusual, and allows one to draw parallels with her narrative thread paintings. This quilt was made in honor of the nation’s bicentennial. It includes the pledge of allegiance and thread portraits of all the presidents to date at that time, including a vignette signaling Nixon’s impeachment and the transfer of power to Ford. The workmanship is remarkable, and the condition is pristine. The smaller companion piece is possibly a crib quilt. On the right edge, it bears embroidered stars and the phrase “American Wild.” A four-head motif with distinct facial expression (smiley, angry, surprised, neutral), circumscribed by two blue and two red polka dots, is regularly repeated on the surface