Provenance
Folkways, Indianapolis, by 1981 [this and the following according to information from donor; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Margaret I. McCurry, Chicago, 1981 [McCurry collection no. 67; incoming receipt RX24293, Dec. 5, 2003; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2003.
Pineapple or Windmill Blades Log Cabin Quilt
1880s
Accession Number
182173
Medium
Wool, cotton, silk and wild silk, plain, twill, float and plain weave derived float weaves; some with supplementary pile warps forming cut velvet, some with supplementary patterning warps; and some self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; some fulled; some embroidered with silk in satin stitches; pieced; back with cotton, plain weave; roller printed; quilting knots
Dimensions
232.4 × 197.6 cm (91 1/2 × 77 3/4 in.)
Classification
needlework - quilt
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret I. McCurry
