Harlequinade

Name/Title

Harlequinade

Entry/Object ID

2023.02.05

Made/Created

Artist Information

Beckey Prior
Jackie Brown

Date made

2021

Place

City

Mansfield

State/Province

Texas

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Height

83 in

Width

68 in

Interpretative Labels

Label

"Harlequinade is a theatrical quilt filled with visual clues guiding viewers to discover the hidden story. Inspired by Venetian Carnival masks and commedia del'arte characters, the quilt features the antics of Harlequin, the trickster, who has his own ideas about freedom and fun!"

Label

Donated by the American Quilter's Society

Research Notes

Notes

Awards won: Best of Show winner at Road to California 2022 First Place - Pictorial at Houston 2021 AQS Best Movable Machine Workmanship 2023

General Notes

Note Type

Materials Used

Note

Cottons (commercial and hand-dyed), silks

Note Type

Techniques Used

Note

Painted, penciled, inked, hand appliquéd, machine pieced, machine quilted, trapuntoed