About This Artwork

United States, probably Illinois

The John L. Sullivan Quilt, 1888

Silk and cotton; plain weaves; some with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet, some with supplementary patterning wefts, some with stripes of openwork, some printed, some with gold leaf; twill weaves, some with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; satin weaves; some with supplementary patterning wefts, some damask weave, some self-patterned, some with stripes of openwork, some printed or painted, some with gold leaf, some embroidered with silk in satin stitches; striped weaves of plain and satin weaves, some with supplementary patterning wefts; striped weaves of satin and twill weaves, striped weaves of satin weave with bands of twill weave; and float weaves with supplementary patterning wefts, pieced; appliquéd with cotton, plain weave and cotton and silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; some painted; embroidered with silk, silk chenille, silk and metal ‘chenille’ and cotton in back, buttonhole, double running, eyelet hole, fern, herringbone, satin, paper-padded satin, single satin, split, and stem stitches; couching; underlaid with cotton, plain weaves; some printed and wool and cotton, satin weave
210.5 x 201.3 cm (82 7/8 x 79 1/4 in.)
Restricted gift of the Margaret Cavigga Trust, 2003.293

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