Woman's Overskirt

Woman's Overskirt

Kuba

19th century

Accession Number

69518

Medium

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

Dimensions

137.5 × 57.8 cm (54 1/8 × 22 3/4 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

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