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"Housetop" variation

Martha Pettway
  • MP - "Housetop" variation - Master Image

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    Photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio
  • "Housetop" variation verso

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    Photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio
1930s
Cotton
84 x 74 inches
Collection of
National Gallery of Victoria
Museum purchase and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
Description

Martha Pettway was one of the most important quilters in Gee's Bend in the early twentieth century. Unlike other quilters in the area, she carefully preserved her favorite quilts from her young childbearing days (c. 1928-35).