Album Quilt, New York, 1854. Made before the American Civil War (1861-1865), this quilt depicts sensitively portrayed African American figures who seem to be a family, possibly the maker's own. Appliquéd and embroidered brown fabric comprises their faces and hands, with hand-and-heart motif in the bottom right corner. Sarah Ann Wilson may have been a free black woman living in New York.

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Size: 4960px × 4206px
Photo credit: © Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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