Sunrise, Sunset? (accessory to Rode to Phila.)

Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell

1931–2023

Sunrise, Sunset? (accessory to Rode to Phila.), 2000–2001

Where object was made: Lawrence, Kansas, United States

Material/technique: embroidering; appliqué; cotton

Dimensions:
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 39.3 x 127 cm
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 50 x 15 1/2 in

Credit line: Gift of Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell and Bill

Accession number: 2013.0186

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Exhibition Label: "Personal Geometry: Quilts by Yoshiko Jinzenji and Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell," Feb-2014, Susan Earle and Cassandra Mesick This work is a companion to Rode to Phila, hanging nearby. It commemorates the signing of the U.S. Constitution and a story of Benjamin Franklin weeping when he signed it. At the time, Franklin was looking at a painted design on the back of George Washington’s chair that depicted the sun; he wondered whether the sun was rising or setting.