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Blocks and strips work clothes quilt
Martha Jane Pettway1920s
Souls Grown Deep
Atlanta, United States
This back of a Martha Jane Pettway quilt is a composition of blocks and bars done in denim, corduroy, and other cotton fabrics. It was not uncommon for Gee’s Bend quiltmakers to make such double-sided patchworks, frequently creating a more informal design on the back.
Details
- Title: Blocks and strips work clothes quilt
- Creator: Martha Jane Pettway
- Creator Lifespan: 1898/2003
- Creator Nationality: American
- Creator Gender: Female
- Creator Death Place: Mobile, Alabama
- Creator Birth Place: Gee's Bend, Alabama
- Date Created: 1920s
- Location Created: Gee's Bend, Alabama
- Physical Dimensions: 72 x 67 in. (170.2 x 182.9 cm)
- Subject Keywords: Gee's Bend, Work-clothes quilt, Black art, African American art
- Type: Quilt
- Original Source: Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum purchase and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
- Rights: © Martha Jane Pettway / Photo: Stephen Pitkin, Pitkin Studio
- External Link: https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/martha-jane-pettway
- Medium: Cotton, denim, corduroy
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