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Flowers and Fruit Quilt

A work made of cotton, plain weave, pieced and quilted; aplliquéd with cotton, plain weave, printed; embroidered in wool threads in a variety of stitches; backed with cotton, plain weave.
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  • A work made of cotton, plain weave, pieced and quilted; aplliquéd with cotton, plain weave, printed; embroidered in wool threads in a variety of stitches; backed with cotton, plain weave.

Date:

Probably 1847

Artist:

United States

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Flowers and Fruit Quilt

Place

United States (Object made in:)

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Made 1847

Medium

Cotton, plain weave, pieced and quilted; aplliquéd with cotton, plain weave, printed; embroidered in wool threads in a variety of stitches; backed with cotton, plain weave

Dimensions

240.1 × 236.3 cm (94 1/2 × 93 in.)

Credit Line

The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Textiles Collection

Reference Number

1931.963

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