Bedcover

Textiles

1855

Mexico

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Bedcover
Place: Mexico (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
Medium: Wool, plain weave; embroidered with wool in cross, running, double running, and stem stitches; three panels joined; two selvages present
Inscriptions: Inscription: ZYRBO AMIDU[upside down]ÑA. F.A. ABRIL, DE. 1855. 2; (additional inscription along right side)
Dimensions: 236.8 × 176.7 cm (93 1/4 × 69 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Avrina Pugh
Reference Number: 1971.710
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Art Institute of Chicago, Folk Art Textiles, Nov. 1, 1971–July 1, 1972.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Mexican, Central, and South American Textiles: A Living Legacy, Oct. 28, 1992-Jan. 17, 1993.

Avrina Pugh, Racine, WI, by Apr. 30, 1971 [Incoming permanent receipt RX8088, Apr. 30, 1971; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1971.

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