"Triangles in Squares" Quilt
Artist/maker unknown, American
Geography:
Made in Gee's Bend, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1970sMedium:
Cotton and polyester; running stitchDimensions:
76 3/8 x 76 1/2 inches (194 x 194.3 cm)Curatorial Department:
Costume and TextilesObject Location:
2006-163-4Credit Line:
The Ella King Torrey Collection of African American Quilts, 2006
Made in Gee's Bend, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1970sMedium:
Cotton and polyester; running stitchDimensions:
76 3/8 x 76 1/2 inches (194 x 194.3 cm)Curatorial Department:
Costume and TextilesObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:2006-163-4Credit Line:
The Ella King Torrey Collection of African American Quilts, 2006
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This everyday quilt uses an orange floral fabric found in a quilt by Sally Bennett Jones (1944-1988) from Gee's Bend, Alabama. It is backed with red and blue corduroy remnants from pillow shams made by members of the Freedom Quilting Bee for Sears Roebuck beginning in 1972. The Bee, established in 1966 as a cooperative, grew out of the civil rights movement.
