<I>Silo</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2007
name: label: Created by
content: Mensie Lee Pettway, American, born 1939
label: Subject of
content: The Quilts of Gee's Bend, American, founded 1845
notes: label: Description
content: This pieced quilt, entitled "Silo," is an example of the quilting styles of Gee's Bend, Alabama. The center of the quilt is constructed of black, red, orange, tan, olive green, and yellow strips of corduroy that are pieced together in vertically-oriented stripes. The center motif is surrounded by repurposed pant legs of denim jeans that are pieced in concentric steps, a design commonly called "log cabin" or "courthouse steps," and known in the Gee's Bend area as "bricklayer." Some of the pant legs retain the back pocket, which have all been machine-sewn shut with blue thread. The quilt is backed with plain white muslin. The quilt is bound from back to front with red corduroy. It is hand quilted using widely spaced stitches in off-white thread that is sewn in a grid pattern. In one corner on the muslin backing the text "Made August 26, 2007" is hand written in black ink.
place: label: Place made
content: Rehoboth, Gee's Bend, Boykin, Wilcox County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Pieced quilt made by Mensie Lee Pettway of Gee's Bend
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Classification
content: Textiles and Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Graham Holdings Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.276.1
objectType: label: Type
content: presentation quilts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Mensie Lee Pettway/ Artists Rights Society
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: corduroy and denim with muslin backing
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (framed): 96 × 87 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (243.8 × 222.9 × 6.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (unframed): 91 × 84 × 3/4 in. (231.1 × 213.4 × 1.9 cm)