"Basket of Flowers" Quilt
1850–1870
- Medium
- Silk, plain weave; appliquéd with silk plain weaves and silk and cotton, plain weaves cut solid velvet; sewn with silk and cotton, and embroidered with silk in chain, herringbone, satin, single back and stem stitches; French knots and couching; edged with silk, plain weave; backed with cotton, plain weave; glazed
- Dimensions
- 149.8 × 131.2 cm (59 × 51 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
needlework - quiltcotton (textile)appliqué (technique)silk (textile)bedcoverTextileembroideringplain weaving