African-American made. Unique geometric design using a single shape. Hand-pieced calico. Hand-quilted exclusively on the bias. Exhibits antique African tribal patterns. This simple geometric quilt is quite extraordinary! Almost identical antique calico prints red and charcoal with black floral pattern create and M.C Escher like basket-weave by perpendicularly joining one rectangle to the next. Fabric believed to have been purchased from old-fashioned dry goods grocery store in rural countryside. A truly influential work of modern art from the past