Provenance
Helen E. Donathan, Chicago, by Feb. 23, 1960 [Incoming receipt RX3084, Feb. 23, 1960; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1960.
Square from a 'Crazy Quilt'
1884
Accession Number
11792
Medium
Silk and silk and cotton, plain, twill and satin weaves; some with secondary binding warps; some with supplementary pile warps forming velvets; some with supplementary patterning warps and wefts; some with brocading wefts; some self-patterned; some warp dyed or painted; some 'watered'; some appliquéd; some embroidered with silk and silk chenille in cross, double feather, feather, fly, open buttonhole, satin and stem stitches; French knots; all pieced and embroidered with silk in buttonhole, cross, double feather, feather, fly, herringbone, single satin and stem stitches; French knots; cotton batting; backed with cotton, plain weave
Dimensions
45.3 × 45.9 cm (17 7/8 × 18 1/8 in.)
Classification
textile
Credit Line
Gift of Helen Donathen
