This is a painting of a decorative quilt design. The painting depicts a quilt made up of 16 squares, each featuring a unique and colorful floral or abstract pattern, incorporating elements like birds and branches into the designs. The squares are bordered by green leaf motifs running along the edges. The quilt design includes elements that suggest it is inspired by traditional quilting patterns, with vibrant reds, greens, yellows, and blues prominently used. At the bottom of the image, a section shows embroidered-like motifs of a red and green seated animal and a green standing animal.
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This is a painting of a decorative quilt design. The painting depicts a quilt made up of 16 squares, each featuring a unique and colorful floral or abstract pattern, incorporating elements like birds and branches into the designs. The squares are bordered by green leaf motifs running along the edges. The quilt design includes elements that suggest it is inspired by traditional quilting patterns, with vibrant reds, greens, yellows, and blues prominently used. At the bottom of the image, a section shows embroidered-like motifs of a red and green seated animal and a green standing animal.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Applique and Embroidered Quilt Top

Suzanne Roy

Date
1935/1942
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
sheet: 35.5 × 41.8 cm (14 × 16 7/16 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.2582
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W

Subjects and terms

  • York
  • American
Inscription

lower right in graphite: Suzanne Roy

NGA object ID 14791. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.