Woman's Overskirt

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.

Woman's Overskirt

Kuba

1875/1925

Accession Number

69505

Medium

Raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered in lateral looping and stem stitches; couching; joined by buttonhole, pearl, and trammed twisted buttonhole stitches; edged in lateral looping stitches

Dimensions

133 × 57.1 cm (52 3/8 × 22 1/2 in.)

Classification

needlework (visual works)

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Tillie C. Cohn Fund and Tillie C. Cohn Fund in memory of her parents, Max and Rose N. Cohn