Bedcover (Mosaic or Honeycomb Quilt)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Bedcover (Mosaic or Honeycomb Quilt)

Place

United States (Object made in)

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Made 1855–1860

Medium

Silk, pieced and appliquéd plain weaves, some with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, supplementary patterning warps, and selft patterning ground wefts; quilted

Dimensions

240.2 × 194 cm (94 1/2 × 76 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Chicago Historical Society

Reference Number

1967.204

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