"Animals" Quilt
Pearlie Posey, American, 1894 - 1984
Geography:
Made in United States, North and Central America
Date:
1980-1983Medium:
Cotton; running stitchDimensions:
6 feet 4 1/4 inches × 62 1/2 inches (193.7 × 158.8 cm)Copyright:
Research inconclusive. Copyright may apply.Curatorial Department:
Costume and TextilesObject Location:
2006-163-7Credit Line:
The Ella King Torrey Collection of African American Quilts, 2006
Made in United States, North and Central America
Date:
1980-1983Medium:
Cotton; running stitchDimensions:
6 feet 4 1/4 inches × 62 1/2 inches (193.7 × 158.8 cm)Copyright:
Research inconclusive. Copyright may apply.Curatorial Department:
Costume and TextilesObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:2006-163-7Credit Line:
The Ella King Torrey Collection of African American Quilts, 2006
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african american [x] african american art [x] african american artist [x] animals [x] birds [x] black art [x] chicken [x] cow [x] fabric art [x] female artist [x] folk art [x] handcraft [x] piecework [x] quilt [x] quilting [x] recycled [x] textile [x] woman artist [x]Pearlie Posey quilted at night after working all day in the fields, making her quilts from the skirts of old dresses that she tore into panels. (She recalled that four or six "skirt tails" sewn together made a quilt top.) Posey focused on quilting quickly and expediently, sewing the panels together with large stitches and thread that she unraveled from flour sacks. She used simple piecework patterns such as Nine Patch, Four Patch, and strips in her quilts until 1980, when she began making appliqué quilts, following the example of her daughter, Sarah Mary Taylor.
