"Feather-Edged Star" Quilt

Provenance

The artist, Annie Maria Henkel (1827-1911; born Annie Maria Miller; later Mrs. Solon Paul Charles Henkle), Shenandoah, VA; by descent in the family to Orvis Thaddeus Henkle (1871-1956), OH then Chicago; with C. W. Henkel (1901-1982), Chicago [incoming receipt RX2724, Jan. 16, 1959; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1959.

"Feather-Edged Star" Quilt

Annie Maria Miller

1845

Accession Number

9754

Medium

Cotton, plain weave; pieced with cotton, plain weave, printed; quilted, pattern outlined in pencil; backed with cotton, plain weave

Dimensions

298 × 303.4 cm (117 1/4 × 119 3/8 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift from the family of Orvis T. Henkle