Cuesta Benberry, one of the leading historians and archivists of
American quilting, whose research made it clear that the contribution
of black artists to the form reflected more than patterns drawn from
their African roots, died on Aug. 23 in St. Louis. She was 83. Read more at NYTimes.com
Cuesta Benberry, 83, Historian of Quilting, Dies
Cuesta Benberry, one of the leading historians and archivists of
American quilting, whose research made it clear that the contribution
of black artists to the form reflected more than patterns drawn from
their African roots, died on Aug. 23 in St. Louis. She was 83. Read more at NYTimes.com
