About This Artwork

United States, New York, Albany

Bedcover Entitled "Buildings, Animals and Shields", c. 1890

Cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts forming cut solid velvet; pieced; appliquéd with cotton, wool and silk, plain, twill, and satin weaves, some with supplementary pile warps or wefts forming cut solid or uncut voided pile, some with supplementary patterning warps, some with complementary warps or wefts, and some printed; embroidered with silk in single satin stitches; couching
256.2 x 255.7 cm (100 7/8 x 100 1/2 in.)
Gift of Shelly Zegart, 2001.458

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Exploring Quilts: Art, History and Craftsmanship," March 17–September 12, 2004

Publication History

Clark, Mary Clare. Story Quilts and How to Make Them. London: Museum Quilts, 1995.