Quilt (Corner Section)

c. 1940

Cornelius Christoffels

Associated Names
Cornelius Christoffels

Artist, American, born Netherlands, 1879 - 1960

The image displays a quilt design featuring a large pattern composed of stylized red flowers with green leaves on a cream background. The color palette includes shades of red, green, and cream with subtle hints of yellow within the floral pattern. The flowers are in the upper left section of the design, arranged diagonally, and red triangular shapes form a pattern in the middle, moving from the bottom left towards the top right corner. A vine with green leaves winds along the right and bottom edges of the quilt square.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.8 x 26.5 cm (14 1/8 x 10 7/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 72" long; 60" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.321

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: C. Christoffels.

Wikidata ID

Q64540413

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