Metropolitan Museum of Art, 'Gees Bend Quilt Design' Covered Mug with Tea Infuser in Gift Box
Regular price $ 32.00Metropolitan Museum of Art, 'Gees Bend Quilt Design' Covered Mug with Tea Infuser in Gift Box, 10.5 oz
The brilliant design on this mug recreates Housetop and Bricklayer with Bars (ca. 1955), a pattern by Gee's Bend quilter Lucy T. Pettway (American, 1921–2004). This exceptional textile is the only Gee's Bend quilt in the Museum's holdings that appears to be intentionally pictorial; Pettway has realized an imaginary aerial view of the old Pettway plantation, formerly belonging to Joseph Gee.
Matching notecards and companion ladies scarf available.
Specifications
- Includes lid & stainless steel tea infuser
- Porcelain
- 4 1/4''H
- Holds 10.5 ounces
- Mug is dishwasher and microwave safe; hand wash infuser and do not microwave
- Gift boxed
About the Gee's Bend Design
The extraordinary craftswomen of Gee's Bend, Alabama, have nurtured the art of quilting since the 19th century. Women enslaved on Joseph Gee's cotton plantation, established in 1816, initiated the practice out of necessity for warmth, and it burgeoned into a tradition passed down through the generations. Astonishing in their originality, each Gee's Bend quilt interweaves history and narrative.
