Torrey Quilt Collection
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torrey-quilt-collection-280-17174138
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Torrey Quilt Collection
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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, Pearli
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrey_Quilt_Collection
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2024-04-10T05:25:49Z
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