HONESTY QUILT
Pauline Burbidge
2003
Cotton fabrics and flexible laminating plastic (especially made for fabric)
Laminated blocks containing dried seeds and seed pods from the Honesty plant
Both hand and machine stitching throughout
75 x 76 inches

Honesty (Lunaria annua) is an old fashioned plant best known for its translucent seed pods, which are used in dried flower arrangements . The pods are preceded by lovely light purple or white flowers. The name "Honesty," which dates to the sixteenth century, is apparently a reference to the plant's open, unconcealed presentation of its seeds. The plant is known as Money Plant or Silver Dollar in the Untied States because of the seed pods resemblance to coins, while its scientific name, Lunaria, comes from their resemblance to a full moon.

This fascinating quilt is, in effect a block style quilt, organized in a nine over nine block set, but using decidedly non-traditional materials and techniques. The black and white block backgrounds, the encapsulated seeds and pods, the prominent stitching in the lattice between the blocks, and the varied bars in the outside border create complex secondary rhythms within the composition as do the many subtle gradations of color.

$12,000*

For more information or to reserve this quilt, contact Robert Shaw

*(Note: This quilt is committed to exhibitions until early in 2013, including a major retrospective of Pauline Burbiddge's work that will open at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, England in August, 2012. It may be reserved with a deposit of $4000, with the balance due before delivery in early 2013.)

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Honesty Quilt (detail)

Photographs are by Keith Tidball.

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