DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada

Quilt

NameQuilt

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1929-1936

Place madeUnited States, North America

MediumVelvet

Dimensions60 1/2 × 53 in. (153.6703 × 134.6203 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.952

Object numberA.1995.93.952

Collections

The Lloyd Cotsen & Neutrogena Collection

DescriptionThis crazy quilt designed with a grid of mostly circular designs is created with irregularly shaped patches of velvets. One square has "1939" embroidered on it. Patches are joined with a herringbone stitch in contrasting colors; colors are black, oranges, blues, green, yellow.