Mrs. Carline Haager Krankel, "Crazy Quilt", 1910, Silk, velvet, satin, and cotton.
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Gorgeous. I was just thinking and talking with someone about the quilts of Gees Bend the other day.
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I did a very long thread of quilts a few years ago. Mind-boggling.
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Oh, I'd love to see it. It's such a fascinating and underappreciated art form, don't you think? Thanks for sharing these. They are exquisite. I particularly love this first one.
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This is one of my favorites, all kinds of textiles
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Woman's cloth, Ewe people, eastern Ghana or south-west Togo, 240 x 152 cm. cotton, mid-20th century
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the quilts are somewhere in the middle of the thread if I remember correctly.

