"Triangles in Squares" Quilt

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"Triangles in Squares" Quilt

1970s

Artist/maker unknown, American

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.

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Object Details

Title:

"Triangles in Squares" Quilt

Date:

1970s

Artist:

Artist/maker unknown, American

Medium:

Cotton and polyester; running stitch

Dimensions:

6 feet 4 3/8 inches × 6 feet 4 1/2 inches (194 × 194.3 cm)

Classification:

Textiles

Credit Line:

The Ella King Torrey Collection of African American Quilts, 2006

Accession Number:

2006-163-4

Geography:

Made in Gee's Bend, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

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