About This Artwork

United States, Ohio

Bedcover Entitled "Wool-Drawings", c. 1900

Wool, cotton and silk, felt and plain and twill weaves, some self-patterned, some with supplementary pile wefts forming cut pile, some fulled; one embroidered with rayon; couching of oblique interlacing tape; pieced; backed with cotton, plain weaves, some self-patterned, some fulled, some roller-printed; embroidered with wool in feather stitches; edged with wool, twill weave
211.8 x 209.3 cm (83 3/8 x 82 3/8 in.)
Gift of Shelly Zegart, 2001.464

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