Quilts of Gee's Bend - Wikipedia
The quilts of Gee's Bend are quilts created by a group of women and their ancestors who live or have lived in the isolated African-American hamlet of Gee's Bend, Alabama along the …
The Quilts of Gee's Bend: A Slideshow
2015年10月1日 · When enslaved women from the rural, isolated community of Boykin, Alabama—better known as Gee’s Bend—began quilting in the 19th century, it arose from a …
How the Quilts of Gee's Bend Became Seminal Works of Modern …
2021年9月20日 · Gee’s Bend quilts come in a variety of styles, each of them a departure from the more structured traditions of European and European American versions. These styles can be …
The Extraordinary History of Gee’s Bend Quilts - The Mobile …
Famous quilts were created by a group of ladies in an Alabama community of African Americans known as Gee’s Bend. Some of the most productive quilters in the area are locals whose …
The Quilts and Quilters of Gee's Bend - a quilt blog
2020年6月19日 · The quilts of Gee's Bend - a powerful example of impoverished, black women creating works of art from scraps of fabric. Their story and work are inspiring.
Gee’s Bend Quilts: Objects of Cultural Identity in the
2022年2月10日 · The expertly crafted Gee’s Bend quilts are known for their bold and improvisational use of color, geometry, and mixed materials. Every Gee’s Bend quilt is unique …
100 Years of Gee's Bend Quilts: 1920s - Google Arts & Culture
The women of Gee’s Bend—a small, remote, Black community in Alabama have created hundreds of quilt masterpieces dating from the early twentieth century to the present.
100 Years of Gee's Bend Quilts: 1960s - Google Arts & Culture
The women of Gee’s Bend—a small, remote, Black community in Alabama have created hundreds of quilt masterpieces dating from the early twentieth century to the present.
Art in Depth: Gee’s Bend Quilters – Collections
Art in Depth: Gee’s Bend Quilters. Drawing upon creative vision, patterns from the world around them, and African American quilting traditions, Gee’s Bend quilters have constructed some of …
Smarthistory – Gee’s bend, quilting over generations
The patterns on Gee’s Bend quilts display an aesthetic richness that draws on influences from West Africa, Indigenous America, and Europe. The results, however, have an improvisational …