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  • A colorful patchwork quilt with a dense blue and white triangular pattern in the center.

Sally Bennett Jones

Patchwork Quilt (Center medallion of triangles)

Maker

Sally Bennett Jones (American, 1944-1988)

Title

Patchwork Quilt (Center medallion of triangles)
Gee's Bend

Year

1966

Medium

  • Cotton plain weave,
  • patchwork

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Cotton plain weave,
  • patchwork

Geography

Place Made: Alberta, Alabama

Dimensions

218.4 x 195.6 cm (86 x 77 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum purchase: Mary B. Jackson Fund and gifts of Alice Marcoux, Mrs. Leon A. Mnuchin, Anne D. Utescher and Pixie D. Arnold, Lila and Martha Wetherbee, and museum property, by exchange, and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation

Object Number

2021.87.2

Type

  • Textiles

Articles

The Cycle of Healing
Tablecloth of Identities
Stitching Together
Inheritance and Legacy

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Sally Bennett Jones (American, 1944-1988)
Patchwork Quilt (Center medallion of triangles); Gee's Bend, 1966
Cotton plain weave; patchwork
218.4 x 195.6 cm (86 x 77 inches)
Museum purchase: Mary B. Jackson Fund and gifts of Alice Marcoux, Mrs. Leon A. Mnuchin, Anne D. Utescher and Pixie D. Arnold, Lila and Martha Wetherbee, and museum property, by exchange, and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation 2021.87.2

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