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Quilt, “Zigzag” pattern
Eva Lee Taggart
About 1938-1939
Titles
Quilt, "Zigzag" pattern (Descriptive)
Artist
Eva Lee Taggart, American, Mt. Olive Community, Lamar County, Alabama
Medium
textiles, Bull Durham tobacco sacks, dye bought from Cullen Webster Rolling Store, sack lining, all home-dyed
Dimensions
79 1/2 × 63 1/2 in. (201.9 × 161.3 cm)
Credit Line
Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Helen and Robert Cargo, AFI.54.2007
Work Type
quilt
Classification
Quilts
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Inscription
Hand-written tag by Robert Cargo: Zig-zag / made of Bull Durham Tobacco Sacks, ca 1938-39 by Eva Lee Taggart, Mt. Olive Community / Lamar Co., Al. [on back] Dye bought from Cullen Webster / Rolling Store / Sacklining / All home dyed
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