Harriet Powers
Visual Artist
1837 – 1910
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Who was Harriet Powers?
Harriet Powers was an African-American slave, folk artist and quilt maker from rural Georgia. She used traditional appliqué techniques to record local legends, Bible stories, and astronomical events on her quilts. Only two of her quilts have survived: Bible Quilt 1886 and Pictorial Quilt 1898. Her quilts are considered among the finest examples of nineteenth-century Southern quilting. Her work is on display at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts.
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- Born
- Oct 29, 1837
Clarke County - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Clarke County
- Died
- Jan 1, 1910
Clarke County
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on July 23, 2013
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