"Housetop", four-block "Log Cabin" variation center medallion
"Housetop", four-block "Log Cabin" variation center medallion
"Housetop", four-block "Log Cabin" variation center medallion
"Housetop", four-block "Log Cabin" variation center medallion

© Henrietta Pettway / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York

"Housetop", four-block "Log Cabin" variation center medallion
"Housetop", four-block "Log Cabin" variation center medallion
"Housetop", four-block "Log Cabin" variation center medallion
"Housetop", four-block "Log Cabin" variation center medallion

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"Housetop", four-block "Log Cabin" variation center medallion,

ca. 1925

Henrietta Pettway, 1894–1971; active Boykin, AL
2021-50
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Title
"Housetop", four-block "Log Cabin" variation center medallion
Dates

ca. 1925

Maker
Henrietta Pettway
Medium
Cotton clothing and sacking
Dimensions
218.4 × 188 cm (86 × 74 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Mary Trumbull Adams Art Fund, and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
Object Number
2021-50
Culture
American
Type
quilts, textiles
Materials
cotton (textile)
Techniques
patchwork, quilting
Subject
stripes

the artist, Gee's Bend, Ala.; Allie Pettway, daughter-in-law, Boykin (Gee's Bend), Ala. (until 1998; in 1998 purchased by William S. Arnett); William S. Arnett, Atlanta (1998-2002; in 2002 his gift to Tinwood Alliance); Tinwood Alliance, Atlanta (2002–10; in 2010 their gift to Souls Grown Deep Foundation); Souls Grown Deep Foundation, Atlanta

"Housetop” quilt with “Log Cabin” center medallion

Quilt ("Housetop" pattern with "Log Cabin" variation)

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