<I>Sharecropper’s Masterpiece</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2008
name: label: Created by
content: Avis Collins Robinson, American, 1954 - 2023
label: Created by
content: Mensie Lee Pettway, American, born 1939
label: Created by
content: Andrea Pettway Williams, American, born 1973
label: Subject of
content: The Quilts of Gee's Bend, American, founded 1845
notes: label: Description
content: This modified strip quilt with nine blocks was pieced by Avis Collins Robinson in the style of Gee's Bend, Alabama, quilts. It was quilted by Mensie Lee Pettway and Andrea Pettway Williams. The quilt top is comprised of nine (9) blocks in rows and columns of three. Each block is formed from asymmetrical strips of fabric, with the blocks sewn together so that the strips are oriented in alternating vertical and horizontal directions. The strips are made from pieces of corduroy and velvet in shades of red, pink, purple, and white. There is a border along the left facing side in dark purple velvet and a wider border along the right facing side in red corduroy. The quilt is backed with a solid red cotton or poly-cotton plain weave fabric. Binding on the top on bottom edges is made from chartreuse velvet, the left facing binding from light pink corduroy and the right facing binding from bright purple corduroy. The top, batting, and backing are joined with quilting stitches in white thread sewn in slightly undulating horizontal lines. A wide strip of plain muslin is sewn along the top edge of the reverse for hanging.
place: label: Place made
content: Arlington, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Gee's Bend, Boykin, Wilcox County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Quilt pieced by Avis Collins Robinson in the style 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
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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
label: Exhibition
content: Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Avis, Eugene, Aaron and Lowell Robinson, in memory of Edward and Annie R. Collins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.277
objectType: label: Type
content: quilts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Avis Collins Robinson
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: corduroy, velvet, batting, and cotton
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 87 3/8 × 86 × 5/8 in. (221.9 × 218.4 × 1.6 cm)