Quilting Bee

Name/Title

Quilting Bee

Entry/Object ID

2013.1.1

Description

Interior, parlor-like setting of four women and one young man quilting at a table; cat lying on a hooked rug, on the floor. In good/stable condition; painting surface intact, some overall, light surface grime. Frame in good/stable condition; some slight separation at frame mitres; overall, surface grime and slight surface abrasion to rails of frame. Signed by artist in lower proper left corner; inscribed on verso- "8(sic)ENNIE CELL- CHARLESTON ILL RR1"

Artwork Details

Medium

oil on masonite board; framed

Collection

Illinois Folk Arts Collection

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Purchase, Acquired from Merle Glick

Made/Created

Artist

Cell, Jennie

Location

Rolling Rack

Painting Rack 17B

Vault

Permanent Collection Storage

Building

Tarble Arts Center

Institution

Eastern Illinois University

Provenance

Provenance Detail

previously in the collection of Merle Glick

Created By

jonathan@catalogit.app

Create Date

March 27, 2025