Mennonite 'Crazy Quilt'

Mennonite Pennsylvania, United States

amishneedlework - quilttextile

Date

about 1890-1900

Medium

Wool, cotton, and silk; plain, twill, and satin weaves; some self-patterned, some with supplementary patterning wefts; some printed; pieced; embroidered with silk feather stitches; edged with twill weaves; backed with cotton, plain weave; printed; quilted with cotton

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Margaret I. McCurry

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