'Crazy Quilt'

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Detalles

Autor

United States

Fecha

1880/85

Técnica

Silk, cotton, and wool, pieced plain, twill, and satin weaves; some with velvet, some with patterning and brocading wefts, and some self-patterned; some printed / painted; some watered (moiré); embroidered with silk, cotton, gilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped cotton and silk, and copper-metal-strip-wrapped wool in back, individual back, chain, detached chain, eyelet, feather, herringbone, overcast, satin, surface satin, single, stem stitches; laid work and couching; embellished and appliquéd with gilt and silver metal and gelatin paillettes, lacquered paper, glass, ceramic, and metal beads, pearls, silk ribbons, leather, and machine embroidered motifs; edged with silk chenille and cotton, machine-made net; cut work embroidered in overcast and satin stitches; backed wtih silk, plain weave

Dimensiones

214.6 × 184.8 cm (84 1/2 × 72 3/4 in.)

Lugar de origen

United States

Colección

Instituto de Arte de Chicago, Chicago · No expuesta

Procedencia

Gift of Mrs. Thomas Edgar O'Neil

Imagen: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

Expuesta en

• Quilts from the Permanent Collection, Part II9 nov 1978 – 21 ene 1979
• Selected Textile Acquisitions Since 19671 nov 1972 – 1 abr 1973