"Victory Quilt"

Provenance

The artist (died 1957); by descent to her daughter, Prudence Fuchsmann (1918-2007; born Prudence Maxine Stenge; also Mrs. Murray M. Fuchsmann), Chicago, from 1957 [incoming receipt RX20907, Aug. 5, 1995; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1995.

"Victory Quilt"

Bertha Stenge

1942

Accession Number

143688

Medium

Appliquéd and pieced quilt with raised areas (trapunto); dyed and undyed, cotton plain weave fabrics; cotton thread embroidery

Dimensions

240 × 204.7 cm (94 1/2 × 80 3/4 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation and the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation; Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowment