Posted 1 year ago
kwqd
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This framed tile is 5.25" square and the tile is 4.25" square. It has a label on the back that reads:
"Jessie T. Pettaway
Bats and String-pieced, columns, 1950
Cotton
Size: 95 x 76 inches
The Quilts of Gee's Bend, Alabama,
from the Tinwood Alliance Colletion
c 2003 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston"
A book and several web sites, YouTube videos, etc., are devoted to this collection of quilts.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/fabric-of-their-lives-132757004/
https://www.incollect.com/articles/the-quilts-of-gee-s-bend
https://www.geesbendquiltingretreats.com/gees-bend-quilting-collective.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QdGxVXPCME
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilts_of_Gee%27s_Bend
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