Title

Fragment from Bedcover (Crazy Quilt Block), United States, 1884. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Fragment from Bedcover (Crazy Quilt Block), United States, 1884.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A20_123

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

69,7Mb (4,6Mb) / 16,5in x 16,4in / 4960 x 4914 (300dpi)

Keywords

arts country pattern art bed room design designs craft crafts location century textiles gallery fabric sewing NEEDLEWORK silk textile cotton quilt bedding fragment embroidery bedspread motif motifs art gallery Bedcover United States of America Colour Patterned bedclothes 19th century applique appliqué nineteenth century American America USA bedchamber bedroom bed cover object united states Unknown Art Institute of Chicago art centre bed chamber floral motifs Heritage Art cross stitch appliquéd patchwork quilt cross-stitch Textiles 19th-century Art Institute Chicago floral motif appliqued backed with cotton plain weave bed-cover French knots cotton batting satin stitch French knot stem stitch herringbone stitch Silk and silk and cotton plain twill and satin weaves some with secondary binding warps some with supplementary pile warps forming velvets some with supplementary patterning warps and wefts some with brocading wefts some self-patterned some warp dyed or painted some 'watered' some appliquéd some embroidered with silk and silk chenille in cross double feather feather fly open buttonhole satin and stem stitches all pieced and embroidered with silk in buttonhole cross double feather feather fly herringbone single satin and stem stitches