About This Artwork
Designed and executed by Jessie T. Pettway
American, born 1929
United States, Alabama, Gee's Bend
Quilt Entitled "Housetop Half-Log Cabin"c. 1975
Pieced cotton, polyester, cellulose acetate, silk, rayon and acrylic, plain weaves; some with supplementary warps some forming cut voided pile; some self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; some printed; plain weave derived float weave; twill weaves, some printed; satin weave; and machine knitting; backed with cotton, plain weave; quilted with cotton threads
209.1 x 214 cm (82 3/8 x 84 1/4 in.)
Robert Allerton Endowment, 2002.384
Textiles
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 265, "A Century of Collecting: African American Art in The Art Institute of Chicago," January 31, 2003–May 19, 2003
Publication History
Beardsley, John, et al. The Quilts of Gee's Bend. Atlanta: Tinwood Books, 2002. p. 16.