"Housetop"—four-block "Half-Log Cabin" variation

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    Photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio
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c. 1940
Cotton and rayon
88 x 73 inches
Collection of
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Museum purchase and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
Description

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