Fruit and Flowers Quilt

Provenance

Ginsburg & Levy, New York, by Nov. 14, 1957 [inventory no. 27800; incoming receipt RX2396, Nov. 14, 1957; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1957.

Fruit and Flowers Quilt

1845/50

Accession Number

109294

Medium

Cotton, plain weave; quilted; appliquéd with plain weaves, some printed, some glazed, some padded; embroidered in buttonhole, chain, satin, and straight stitches

Dimensions

228 × 229.5 cm (89 3/4 × 90 3/8 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland