Bedcover Depicting Thirty-four Scenes from the Old and New Testaments
1880–1889
- Medium
- Wool, plain weave; fulled; appliquéd with silk and cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; some stamped; some embroidered with silk yarns in cross, overcast, running, double running, satin, and single satin stitches; couching; edged with silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet
- Dimensions
- 195.3 × 189.8 cm (76 7/8 × 74 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
needlework - quilt19th centurywool (textile)silk (fiber)New TestamentOld-TestamentAmerican Arts and Crafts Movementanimalsappliqué (technique)Folk Artreligious scenesvelvetDogsbedcovercotton (fiber)Textilecut velvetplain weaving