Aunt Jemima Quilt

Textiles

1930/1950

United States, Texas

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Aunt Jemima Quilt
Place: Texas (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1930–1950
Medium: Pieced quilt; dyed and printed plain and twill weave cotton and rayon fabrics
Inscriptions: Inscription: REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.
Dimensions: 204.8 × 188 cm (80 5/8 × 74 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Shelly Zegart
Reference Number: 2001.457

Charlene Cerny and Suzanne Seriff, eds., Recycled and Re-Seen: Folk Art from the Global Scrap Heap (New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1996).

Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Exploring Quilts: Art, History and Craftsmanship, Mar. 17–Sept. 12, 2004.

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