'Crazy Quilt' with Animals

Provenance

Fred and Kathy Epstein, Greenwich, CT, by Nov. 18, 2003 [invoice, Nov. 18, 2003; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2003.

'Crazy Quilt' with Animals

Florence Elizabeth Marvin

1886

Accession Number

181720

Medium

Pieced and embroidered “crazy” quilt; dyed and printed silk, cotton, wool and metallic plain, twill, satin, velvet and patterned weave fabrics and ribbons; silk, cotton and metallic embroidery threads, raised work embroidered appliques, glass beads, metal spangles

Dimensions

206.7 × 209.2 cm (81 3/8 × 82 3/8 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by the Margaret Cavigga Trust