Costume and Textiles "Triangles in Squares" Quilt Made in Gee's Bend, Alabama, United States, North and Central America1970s Artist/maker unknown, American Cotton and polyester; running stitch Currently not on view 2006-163-4 The Ella King Torrey Collection of African American Quilts, 2006 |
LabelThis 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. |
