About This Artwork
Designed and executed by Sarah Ann Wilson
American, active c. 1854
Bedcover Known as "Album Quilt"1854
Cotton, plain weaves; pieced; appliquéd with cotton, plain weaves; some block or roller printed; some glazed; and with cotton and silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; embroidered with cotton in chain, cross, satin, and tailor's buttonhole stitches; backed with cotton, plain weave; quilted with cotton
217.1 x 255.8 cm (85 1/2 x 100 3/4 in.)
Inscription: Sarah Ann Wilson Aug 1854
Restricted gift of Mrs. David W. Grainger, 1999.509
Textiles
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "An International Collection of Appliquéd, Embroidered and Pieced Bedcoverings," February 28–May 28, 2001
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 265, "A Century of Collecting: African American Art in The Art Institute of Chicago," January 31–May 19, 2003