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Folk

LEFT: Sarah Mary Taylor Appliqued Folk Art Animals 1990s. eBay purchase in 1999 from vendor Smileagain
who bought it from the artist in 1990. 58"x75½" Fabric: Cotton and a crisp, firm, slick fabric, perhaps heav-
ily starched. Batting: Medium weight cotton. Backing: Slick, crisp, firm lavender fabric, perhaps cotton
heavily starched. Edge: The lavender back is brought to the front ¾" to 1" and caught by hand. Piecing:
Blocks and sashes are assembled by machine. Appliqués are done by hand and have raw edges. Quilting:
In irregular and slightly crooked lines slightly off horizontal across the quilt. Condition: Very good. There
is faint yellowing underneath the lower left donkey. Comment: The artist is featured in The Encyclopedia
of American Folk Art and on a website for the Yazoo County, Miss. convention and trade center. She lived
1916-2000. Her work has been widely exhibited. Several of her works are documented, and she is profiled,
in the book Signs and Symbols, African Images in African-American Quilts (Wahlman, 1993). This quilt was
appraised on the "Antiques Roadshow" in Spokane, WA on June 6, 2015. After referrring to the to the
website for the Slotkin Folk Gallery, the appraiser valued the quilt at $1,200 and said that since the maker
died in 2000, the value would increase.

Figure 159: Sarah Mary Taylor Ap-
pliqued Folk Art Animals