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"Roman Stripes" variation (local name: "Crazy Quilt")
Plummer T. Pettwayc. 1967
Souls Grown Deep
Atlanta, United States
This "crazy quilt" is made from old work pants, which Pettway cut into strips arranged in a rhythmic series of bars, resulting in an undulating basket-weave effect. —Lauren Palmor
Details
- Title: "Roman Stripes" variation (local name: "Crazy Quilt")
- Creator: Plummer T. Pettway
- Creator Lifespan: 1918/1993
- Creator Nationality: American
- Creator Gender: Female
- Creator Birth Place: Gee's Bend, Alabama
- Date Created: c. 1967
- Location Created: Gee's Bend, Alabama
- Physical Dimensions: 89 x 68 in. (226.1 x 172.7 cm)
- Subject Keywords: Gee's Bend, Work-clothes quilt, Black art, African American art
- Type: Quilt
- Original Source: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum Purchase and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
- Rights: © Plummer T. Pettway / Photo: Stephen Pitkin, Pitkin Studio
- External Link: https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/plummer-t-pettway
- Medium: Cotton twill, denim, cotton/polyester blend, synthetic knit (pants materials)
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