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Star Design Comforter

Lloyd Charles Lemcke

National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of a quilt block featuring star patterns. It shows a collage of three large star designs made from fabric with floral and geometric patterns, arranged in a grid of six squares. Four squares display intricate star motifs composed of different combinations of fabric, while the other two squares feature floral-patterned fabric without a star design. The stars are created with triangular pieces pieced together to form hexagonal shapes, varying in color and pattern across each block. The surrounding squares feature a pale, light floral design to add contrast to the richly colored star sections.

Artwork Details

Date
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard
Dimensions
3200 × 4258 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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