Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition Quilt

Textiles

1876/1900

United States

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition 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 1876–1900
Medium: Pieced quilt; dyed and printed cotton and wool plain and patterned weave fabrics; printed cotton handkerchief
Inscriptions: Inscription (on handkerchief): CENTENNIAL / THE ART GALLERY. / 1776 /1876 / INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876 /MAIN BUILDING. / HORTICULTURAL BUILDING. / PHILADELPHIA.
Dimensions: 220.4 × 224.2 cm (86 3/4 × 88 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Laurance H. Armour, Jr. and Margot B. Armour Family Foundation
Reference Number: 1977.187
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Art Institute of Chicago, Quilts from the Permanent Collection, Aug. 19–Nov. 5, 1978.
Art Institute of Chicago, Department of American Arts, Sep. 1979–Apr. 21, 1980.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, The American Bed and Its Coverings, Nov. 21, 1990–Mar. 31, 1991.
Art Institute of Chicago, Department of American Arts, May 12–Sep. 28, 1995.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, America the Beautiful: Textiles from the Permanent Collection, Mar. 6–Jul. 21, 1996.
Art Institute of Chicago, Department of American Arts, May 4–Sep. 30, 1999.
Art Institute of Chicago, Making Memories: Quilts as Souvenirs, Galleries 57-59, Oct. 20, 2017–Apr. 1, 2018.

Michael Corbett, Federalist Antiques, Kennilworth, IL, by Jan. 1977 [invoice, June 22, 1977; incoming permanent receipt RX11116, May 6, 1977, copies in curatorial object file, Textiles Department]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1977.

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