Harriet Powers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Harriet Powers

Quilter

Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1837

Place of Birth: Clarke County, Georgia, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1910

Profession: artist, quilter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Harriet Powers (October 29, 1837 – January 1, 1910) 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 are known to 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.