Fragment from Bedcover (Crazy Quilt Block)

United States

Date

1884

Medium

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; French knots; all pieced and embroidered with silk in buttonhole, cross, double feather, feather, fly, herringbone, single satin and stem stitches; French knots; cotton batting; backed with cotton, plain weave

Dimensions

45.3 × 45.9 cm (17 7/8 × 18 1/8 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Gift of Helen Donathen