About This Artwork
Bedcover Made from Cigar Ribbons1880s
Silk, plain weave; screen printed, stenciled, and/or stamped ribbons; pieced and embroidered with silk in feather stitches; underlaid with cotton, warp-float faced 2:1 twill weave and batting; backed with silk, plain weave; machine-stitch quilted with silk
166.4 x 165.1 cm (65 1/2 x 65 in.)
The Textile Society; Dr. Lawrence S. Thurman Memorial Fund; Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowment, 1993.137
Textiles
Not on Display