"Housetop"-nine block "Half-Log Cabin" Variation
Jessie T. Pettway
1965–1985
- Medium
- 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
- Dimensions
- 209.1 × 214 cm (82 3/8 × 84 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
needlework - quiltcotton (textile)silk (fiber)stripesstarsprintingrayonflowersacrylicpiecing (needleworking)squaresquiltingbedcoverrectanglessatin weaving20th CenturyTextilegeometric motifmachine knittingpolyesterplain weaving