Costume and Textiles "Words" Quilt Made in United States, North and Central Americac. 1979-83 Sarah Mary Taylor, American, 1916 - 2000 Cotton and polyester; running stitch Currently not on view 2006-163-10 The Ella King Torrey Collection of African American Quilts, 2006 |
LabelInspired by her aunt Pecolia Warner, who made a quilt with her first initial P, Sarah Mary Taylor designed a series of "word" quilts that play with the positive and negative shapes of letters. The text is not easily deciphered; some of the words have meaning if sounded phonetically. |
