Mosaic or Honeycomb Quilt

Textiles

1855/60

United States

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Mosaic or Honeycomb Quilt
Place: United States (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 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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Waterman, V. Ann. Surface Pattern Design: A Handbook of How to Create Decorative and Repeat Patterns for Designers and Students. New York: Hastings House Publishers, 1984. P. 84.

The Art Institute of Chicago, Quilts from the Permanent Collection- Segment I, August 19–November 5, 1978

Chicago Historical Society [Chicago History Museum], by 1967 [Incoming receipt RX5851 dated 2/20/1967 in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1967.

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