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'Crazy Quilt' with Animals

Florence Elizabeth Marvin, 1886

2.07 m × 2.09 m

Taller than a doorway. Stood on end it is 1.2 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 2.09 m
Width: 2.07 m
Medium: 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
Kind: Textile
Made in: Brooklyn Heights
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: 206.7 × 209.2 cm (81 3/8 × 82 3/8 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 2.09 m × 2.07 m. Hung the other way up, because the photograph of it is.
Credit: Purchased with funds provided by the Margaret Cavigga Trust

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 2.07 m × 2.09 m. Taller than a doorway. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1886. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Purchased with funds provided by the Margaret Cavigga Trust.
How was it made?: 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, made in Brooklyn Heights, 19th century.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.