Friendship Quilt

Florence Truelson

National Gallery of Art

The image depicts a patterned quilt with a series of square blocks, each featuring different designs such as floral motifs, symbols, and emblems including an eagle, flags, and geometric shapes. The color palette includes reds, greens, blues, and yellows distributed evenly across the quilt. The quilt is laid flat with its top edge slightly ruffled, revealing an arrangement of 8 rows of blocks extending both vertically and horizontally. Individual blocks include detailed depictions such as an anchor at the bottom, an eagle in the center, and multiple floral patterns throughout.