Name/Title

Quilt

Entry/Object ID

2001.23.1a

Description

Pictorial quilt made by Georgia Bailey featuring Knoxville's Market Square, 27"-diameter center medallion with stuffing, pieced all-over, machine constructed, multi-color (mostly orange and blue) cotton and poly-cotton fabric, multi-color border, 3" applied binding, blue cotton backing, 5 stitches/inch with poly-cotton thread, poly batting, quilted with straight lines and curved lines, straight and curved lines and outline in borders, 16" border top and bottom (4), square corners, cording on back top for hanging, inked drawings all over [such as Forrest Watson (manager of Watson's), Betsy Worden (artist, teacher, and Knoxville civic leader d.2006), Market Square vendor, TVA employees, Liberty Bell], writing on binding, fabric paint, 103"h x 90"w, 1982.

Collection

Linda Claussen and the Thursday Bee Quilt Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Bailey, Georgia

Date made

1982

Dimensions

Width

90 in

Length

103 in