Folk Tales Quilt

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Linda Straw (Designer)

Title

Folk Tales Quilt

Place

England (Object made in)

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Made 1984

Medium

Polyester, plain weaves; pieced, appliquéd with polyester plain weave; machine embroidered with rayon and cotton; quilted with cotton thread

Inscriptions

Inscription (lower right hand corner): Folk Tales (lower left hand corner): LS 1984 (label on reverse): Folk Tales by Linda Straw 44 Upperton Rd. Leicester, England tel. 555179 member of the Irish Patchwork Society 1984

Dimensions

260 × 226.7 cm (102 3/8 × 89 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Power

Reference Number

2002.609

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