Crazy quilt
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1880-1885
- Description
Crazy quilt of various colored and patterned velvets, silks and satins with many pieces intricately embroidered with birds and flowers - one piece has donor's name "ROSE" embroidered in center. Each piece is joined with fine embroidery. Edge in 4"" wine velvet square at each corner. Blacked with lavender silk.
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Location
- United States
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Overall: 68 in 122 in. (172.7 309.9 cm)Silk (textile)Velvet (fabric weave)Satin
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Crazy quilt. 1880-1885. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/3192. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1880-1885) Crazy quilt. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/3192
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/3192>.