"Log Cabin" Quilt
| Title | "Log Cabin" Quilt |
|---|---|
| Artist | La Salle County, Illinois, United States |
| Date | Late 1880s 19th century |
| Medium | Wool and cotton, pieced; plain weaves; plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; printed; plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet; plain weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; edged and backed with cotton, satin weave |
| Classification | textile |
| Origin | Illinois Illinois |
| Holding institution | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Credit line | Gift of Gerald W. Adelmann in memory of Lois Reed Adelmann |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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“"Log Cabin" Quilt” is a work by La Salle County, Illinois, United States, dated Late 1880s. It is executed in wool and cotton, pieced; plain weaves; plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; printed; plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet; plain weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; edged and backed with cotton, satin weave and classified as textile. 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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This work is attributed to La Salle County, Illinois, United States. Browse every catalogued public-domain plate by this maker.
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Catalogued as textile. See other public-domain works in the same medium, all free to download and reuse.
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Dated to Late 1880s. Explore the wider set of works from the 19th century held in the archive.
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Recorded origin: Illinois. Browse more public-domain art from Illinois.
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Made available through the Art Institute of Chicago open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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