Victory Quilt

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Bertha Stenge

Title

Victory Quilt

Place

Chicago (Object made in)

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Made 1942

Medium

Appliquéd and pieced quilt with raised areas (trapunto); dyed and undyed, cotton plain weave fabrics; cotton thread embroidery

Dimensions

240 × 204.7 cm (94 1/2 × 80 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation and the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation; Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowment

Reference Number

1995.391

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