Date
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Double sided, cotton and polyester, plain weaves, some printed, some fulled; pieced; polyester batting, quilted with cotton and polyester thread
Dimensions
204.5 × 222.3 cm (80 1/2 × 87 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Robert Allerton Endowment
Reference Number
2002.382
Extended information about this artwork
Beardsley, John, et al. Gee’s Bend: The Women and Their Quilts. Atlanta: Tinwood Books, 2002. p. 273.
Thurman, Christa C. Mayer and Batty, Jessica. “Two-Sided Bedcover,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 29, 2 (2003), pp. 30-31 (illus.).
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 265, A Century of Collecting: African American Art in The Art Institute of Chicago, January 31, 2003–May 19, 2003
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Exploring Quilts: Art, History and Craftsmanship, March 17–September 12, 2004
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