Object Details
- Created by
- Katie Mariah Hardiman, American, 1877 - 1954
- Marguerite Russell Johnson, American, born 1917
- Owned by
- Edgar Russell, American, 1874 - 1955
- Lorene Estell Russell Goins, American
- Description
- Quilt from Lyle Station, Indiana, owned by the Russell family. The off-white quilt has blue diamonds in a nine-patch pattern. The pattern extends from selvage edge to selvage edge. The quilt is faded with small stains. There is no pattern on the reverse. The quilt was pieced by Katie Russell and hand quilted by her daughter, Marguerite Russell Johnson.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Lyles Station Historic Preservation Corporation
- 1930s
- Object number
- 2018.96
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- textiles
- quilts
- Medium
- cotton
- Dimensions
- H x W: 72 1/2 × 81 in. (184.2 × 205.7 cm)
- Place used
- Lyles Station, Gibson County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Textiles and Quilts
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Communities
- Design
- Domestic life
- Families
- Rural life
- Textile design
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2018.96
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59fff2ab0-31a5-4617-bb1c-7c6b5be9bf2f
