19th Century Piecework Block in Lemon Gold Frame ink painting on paper Shropshire on July 22

Shropshire on July 22

which identifies the subject as a member of the Kikuyu tribe (also known as Agikuya) a Bantu tribe native to Central Kenya which comprises about 20 percent of the Kenyan population

And a pretty great one I think

these boxes feature in museum collections around the world

From what I've been able to discern

19th Century Piecework Block in Lemon Gold Frame ink painting on paper Shropshire on July 22I'm not in the least a quilt expert, but I sure do love color and pattern, and this framed piecework block just struck me as a really beautiful thing. Just right I think in this old lemon gold frame, which encourages close looking at its wonderful play of (happily not quite straight) lines and grids in light blue, cream, navy and white, made all the better I think by a few old stains, speaking to its one time function. To me, quite a heartening and