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'Crazy Quilt' with Animals

'Crazy Quilt' with Animals

Designed and executed by Florence Elizabeth Marvin (American, 1856-1916)

Title'Crazy Quilt' with Animals
ArtistDesigned and executed by Florence Elizabeth Marvin (American, 1856-1916) Brooklyn Heights, New York, United States
Date1886
MediumPieced and embroidered “crazy” quilt; dyed and printed silk, cotton, wool and metallic plain, twill, satin, velvet and patterned weave fabrics and ribbons; silk, cotton and metallic embroidery threads, raised work embroidered appliques, glass beads, metal spangles
Classificationtextile
OriginBrooklyn Heights

Themes: Ornithological platesEntomological plates

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“'Crazy Quilt' with Animals” is a work by Designed and executed by Florence Elizabeth Marvin (American, 1856-1916) Brooklyn Heights, New York, United States, dated 1886. It is executed in pieced and embroidered “crazy” quilt; dyed and printed silk, cotton, wool and metallic plain, twill, satin, velvet and patterned weave fabrics and ribbons; silk, cotton and metallic embroidery threads, raised work embroidered appliques, glass beads, metal spangles and classified as textile. In this archive it sits within the ornithological plates, entomological plates 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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