Cigar Ribbon Quilt
| Title | Cigar Ribbon Quilt |
|---|---|
| Artist | United States |
| Date | 1880s 19th century |
| Medium | Silk, plain weave; screen printed, stenciled, and/or stamped ribbons; pieced and embroidered with silk in feather stitches; underlaid with cotton, warp-float faced 2:1 twill weave and batting; backed with silk, plain weave; machine-stitch quilted with silk |
| Classification | textile |
| Origin | United States United States |
| Holding institution | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Credit line | The Textile Society; Dr. Lawrence S. Thurman Memorial Fund; Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowment |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
About this artwork
“Cigar Ribbon Quilt” is a work by United States, dated 1880s. It is executed in silk, plain weave; screen printed, stenciled, and/or stamped ribbons; pieced and embroidered with silk in feather stitches; underlaid with cotton, warp-float faced 2:1 twill weave and batting; backed with silk, plain weave; machine-stitch quilted with silk and classified as textile. In this archive it sits within the historical scientific diagrams tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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Dated to 1880s. Explore the wider set of works from the 19th century held in the archive.
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