"Roman Stripes" variation (local name: Crazy Quilt)

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Loretta Pettway

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    Photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio

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1970
Cotton twill, denim, cotton/polyester blend, synthetic knit (pants material)
86 x 70 inches

Collection of:

  • Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • museum purchase and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
Description: 

Around 1967, Plummer T. Pettway made a "Crazy" quilt from old pants. Her stepdaughter Loretta admired and remembered the quilt, and a few years thereafter created this version from similar materials.

This is one of ten Gee's Bend quilts to appear on a U.S. postage stamp in 2006.

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Around 1967, Plummer T. Pettway made a "Crazy" quilt from old pants. Her stepdaughter Loretta admired and remembered the quilt, and a few years thereafter created this version from similar materials.

This is one of ten Gee's Bend quilts to appear on a U.S. postage stamp in 2006.

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