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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.