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'Crazy Quilt' with Animals

Florence Elizabeth Marvin

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Date
1886
Medium
Pieced and embroidered “crazy” quilt; dyed and printed silk, cotton, wool and metallic plain, twill, satin, velvet and patterned weave fabrics and ribbons; silk, cotton and metallic embroidery threads, raised work embroidered appliques, glass beads, metal spangles
Materials
silk (textile), wool (textile), cotton (textile), velvet, glass beads, ribbon, satin, spangles
Dimensions
206.7 × 209.2 cm (81 3/8 × 82 3/8 in.)
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by the Margaret Cavigga Trust

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Florence Elizabeth Marvin, 'Crazy Quilt' with Animals, 1886, Pieced and embroidered “crazy” quilt; dyed and printed silk, cotton, wool and metallic plain, twill, satin, velvet and patterned weave fabrics and ribbons; silk, cotton and metallic embroidery threads, raised work embroidered appliques, glass beads, metal spangles, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

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Purchased with funds provided by the Margaret Cavigga Trust

Metadata sourced from Art Institute of Chicago open data collection

Image rights: CC0