ID: 700009586 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009586	Record Type: Movable Work
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"Housetop" Variation (bed quilts; Abrams, Nellie Mae (American quiltmaker, 1946 - 2005); 1970s; Souls Grown Deep Foundation )

Note: Breaking from the traditional "housetop" pattern design of concentric squares overlapping toward the center of the quilt, this quilt incorporates rows of squares in the colors green, brown, and gold.

Titles:

"Housetop" Variation (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

bed quilts [300197990] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, coverings and hangings, <coverings and hangings by specific type>, <coverings and hangings by location or context>, <coverings and hangings for furniture>, <coverings and hangings for sleeping and reclining furniture>, bed coverings, bedcovers)

Classifications:

textiles (preferred)

Creation Date: 1970s

Creator Display:

Abrams, Nellie Mae (American quiltmaker, 1946 - 2005) [preferred]

quiltmaker Abrams, Nellie Mae (American quiltmaker, 1946 - 2005) [500475859]

Locations:

Current: Term Not Found (ULAN Candidate) (Corp. Body)

Display Materials: corduroy

	corduroy (weft pile weave) [300014080]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>, <textile materials by weaving technique>, pile weave (textile), weft pile weave)

Dimensions: 87 x 80 inches

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	African American [300018125] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The, modern American, modern North American)

General Subject:

textile (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

quilt [300197990]

.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, coverings and hangings, <coverings and hangings by specific type>, <coverings and hangings by location or context>, <coverings and hangings for furniture>, <coverings and hangings for sleeping and reclining furniture>, bed coverings, bedcovers) (AAT)

Provenance: Philadelphia Museum of Art; museum purchase and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
"Housetop" Variation	........ [VP]
	........ Souls Grown Deep Foundation [online] (2000-) "'Housetop' Variation," accessed 29

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Souls Grown Deep Foundation [online] (2000-)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Souls Grown Deep Foundation [online] (2000-) "'Housetop' Variation," accessed 29