Torrey Quilt Collection
The Ella King Torrey Collection of African American Quilts and other Recent Quilt Acquisitions is a collection of African American quilts that were procured from 1980 to 1983 by Ella King Torrey during her fieldwork with art historian Maude Southwell Wahlman.
The collection of 13 quilts includes a hand quilt by Mississippi quilter Sarah Mary Taylor that was made for the film The Color Purple as well as an appliquéd word quilt of hers. Two of the collection's quilts are by Taylor's mother, Pearlie Posey (1894–1984).[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Che, Jenny (December 12, 2014). "Philadelphia Museum of Art to Show Two Centuries of Black Artists". Wall Street Journal.
Further reading
- Quilt Stories: The Ella King Torrey Collection of African American Quilts and Other Recent Quilt Acquisitions (2008) Philadelphia Museum of Art
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