Provenance
Probably private collection, Belgium [this and the following according to letter from A. Moraga, Apr. 9, 1985; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Andrés Moraga, Berkeley, CA, by Apr. 9, 1985 [incoming receipt May 11, 1987]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1987.
Accession Number
69510
Medium
Raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered in lateral looping, and stem and running stitches cut to form pile; couching; joined by buttonhole, pearl, and trammed twisted buttonhole stitches; edged in lateral looping stitches
Dimensions
162.1 × 72.2 cm (63 3/4 × 28 3/8 in.)
Classification
textile
Credit Line
Tillie C. Cohn Fund and Tillie C. Cohn Fund in memory of her parents, Max and Rose N. Cohn
