Crazy Quilt

Anna Isabelle Cox Daley, Cartwright family

About 1885

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A press-molded circular pitcher with dark brown glaze, a broad spout, and tall neck decorated in relief with a grapevine motif. The handle is in the form of a greyhound, which appears to be climbing into the jug. The body is decorated in relief with hunting scenes: hounds attacking a stag on one side and mastiffs attacking a boar on the other.
Birmingham Persian Wall is a site-specific installation of twenty-one vessels—some over three feet in diameter—that cluster on four adjacent walls in the museum's lobby. Each unit, in a rich shade of yellow, orange or blue, bears a rippling pattern that is clear or in a contrasting color. The vessels, each attached to a cylindrical metal post, float about five inches off the wall.
Strip quilt with purple and light brown.
Fragments of the Statue of Liberty are shown on four consecutive frames on a strip of film at the center of the composition; the French flag is presented on the bottom left and the upper right; the American flag is presented on the bottom right and upper left.