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Sally Bennett Jones

Patchwork Quilt (Center medallion of triangles)

Description

Maker

Sally Bennett Jones (American, 1944-1988)

Title

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

Year

1966

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

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

Projects & Publications

Articles

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

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Art and Design from 1900 to Now
Jun 04, 2022 – Sep 01, 2026

Label copy

Sally Bennett Jones was a Black woman quilter from an Alabama community known as Gee’s Bend. Gee’s Bend is known for the dynamic quilts that women there have fashioned for generations. This example adapts patterns that Jones learned from family members who taught her how to quilt. Gee’s Bend quilters are praised for their pattern-making skills, their use of found fabrics, and their celebration of the irregularities within shapes and lines that come from hand stitching.

–Natiana Alexandra Fonseca, RISD BFA 2023, Textiles

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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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