Pearlie Posey Explained

Pearlie Posey
Nationality:	American
Field:	textile artist

Pearlie Posey (1894-1984) was an American quilt artist and mother of Sarah Mary Taylor. She is known for her appliquéd quilts.

Biography

Posey was born in 1894.^{[1] [2]} She taught her quilting technique to her daughter Sarah Mary Taylor and eventually created templates for Taylor's quilts.^[3]

Her work is in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art^[4] and the American Folk Art Museum.^[5] Her work was included in the 2008-2009 traveling exhibition entitled Ancestry & Innovation: African American Art from the American Folk Art Museum presented by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.^[2] She was included in the 2009 exhibition Quilt Stories: The Ella King Torrey Collection of African American Quilts and Other Recent Quilt Acquisitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.^[6]

Posey died in 1984.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Taylor, Sarah Mary . Mississippi Encyclopedia . 4 February 2022.
2. Web site: Ancestry & Innovation: African American Art from the American Folk Art Museum . Smithsonian Institution . 4 February 2022.
3. Web site: Women in Power in the Arts / Pearlie Posey & Sarah Mary Taylor / . Women in Power in the Arts / Pearlie Posey & Sarah Mary Taylor . Tulane Online Exhibits . 4 February 2022.
4. Web site: "Animals" Quilt . Philadelphia Museum of Art . 4 February 2022 . en.
5. Web site: Pearlie Posey . American Folk Art Museum . 4 February 2022 . en.
6. Web site: Exhibitions - Quilt Stories: The Ella King Torrey Collection of African American Quilts and Other Recent Quilt Acquisitions . Philadelphia Museum of Art.