Anatomy of a Quilt: The Gee's Bend Freedom Quilting Bee

Nancy Scheper‐Hughes

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Crafts, Textile, and Design Race, History, and American Society Fashion and Cultural Textiles

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Click for larger view Art lovers have recently been treated to exhibitions of a stunning collection of African American quilts from Gee's Bend, Alabama. But to most people, the artists and community that created them remain unknown. Bars and string-pieced columns quilt, 1950s, made by Jessie T. Pettway, cotton, 95 x 76 inches. Courtesy of Tinwood Alliance. (Images of quilts are available in color at www.SouthernCultures.org.)

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