Center Medallion With Cornerstones — Martha Jane Pettway Tucker

Center medallion with cornerstones


martha jane pettway tucker (1898 - 2003)

Explore the vibrant quilts of Martha Jane Pettway Tucker (1898-2003), a pivotal Gee's Bend quilter & civil rights leader. Her repurposed work clothes became powerful art reflecting community, resilience, and American history. Featured at major museum

Souls Grown Deep (Atlanta, United States of America)

Explore Souls Grown Deep: A Celebration of Black Art from the American South! Discover Gee's Bend quilts, assemblage art & inspiring stories by artists like Thornton Dial & Lonnie Holley.

Martha Jane Pettway created a number of “Housetop” quilts in the 1920s and 1930s using old clothes. In one bedcover, a battalion of brilliant red squares moves in diagonal lines from each of the quilt’s four corners to meet in the center.During the Great Depression, government representatives learned that Gee