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Pig Pen Variation and Mosaic Medallion Quilt by Susana Allen Hunter, 1950-1955
Hunter, Susana Allen, 1912-20051950/1955
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
After working the fields of her rural Alabama tenant farm and tending to her family's needs, Susana Hunter sat down to lavish her creativity on quilt making. On-the-fly inspiration -- rather than tradition -- guided this African American quilt maker's improvisational creations. Susana made over a hundred quilts -- each of them unique -- from the worn clothing and fabric scraps available to her.
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- Title: Pig Pen Variation and Mosaic Medallion Quilt by Susana Allen Hunter, 1950-1955
- Creator: Hunter, Susana Allen, 1912-2005
- Date Created: 1950/1955
- Location: United States, Alabama, Dallas county, United States, Alabama, Wilcox county
- Subject Keywords: Hunter family, African American quiltmakers, African American quilts, African Americans, Strip quilts, Utility quilts, Quilts, Bed coverings
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: http://collections.thehenryford.org/Collection.aspx?objectKey=355509
- Object Name: Strip quilt
- Object ID: 2006.79.28
- Image ID: THF73662
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Purchased with funds from the Eleanor B. Safford Memorial Textile Fund
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