About This Artwork
Bedcover (Sunburst Quilt)c. 1820
Cotton, plain weaves; printed; pieced; backed with cotton, plain weave; cotton batting; quilted with cotton thread
220.8 x 169.3 cm (83 3/4 x 66 5/8 in.)
Gift of Shelly Zegart, 2001.461
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
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, “Fabric of a New Nation: American Needlework and Textiles, 1776-1840,” December 16, 2011 – May 13, 2012
Publication History
Florence, Cathy Gaines. Collecting Quilts: Investing in America's Heritage (Paducah, Kentucky: American Quilter's Society, 1985).