20th century, by Mary Francis Johns, Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, Florida, 1995, Seminole patchwork long coat over everyday shirt. The full skirted coat with traditional Seminole patchwork layers in multi colored cotton, the cotton calico shirt with red piping, approximately 47 x 34 in. overall. 

Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia

Note:  In the catalog description from Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 116, cat. nos. 129-30, Burrison writes, “‘Long coats’ are now worn for special occasions, such as Green Corn ceremonial dances. The maker learned patchwork skills from her grandmother, mother, and mother-in-law on the Brighton Seminole Reservation at the northern edge of the Everglades.”

Illustrated: Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, plate 19, description on pg. 116, cat. nos. 129-30.

Exhibited: Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South from 1996 to 2024, The Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Georgia.