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1. 2017.001.001 - Textile Construction

   This is a patchwork style quilt that is overdyed green. The original 1960s quilt, made by Nervie Powers, has been reworked over time by Margaret Gregg, who added screen-printed images, symbols, and text throughout. Gregg recalls: "This work is about my years of doing and learning and remembering, especially in the Mountain communities of East Tennessee. The background is a quilt of Nervie Powers, 'my' mountain woman, who was a loving, wise, a...

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