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Bedcover

Unknown artist, 1820/50

3.04 m × 3.09 m

A storey and a half of a house. Stood on end it is 1.8 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 3.09 m
Width: 3.04 m
Medium: Cotton, variety of plain weaves; some roller printed; some glazed; pieced; quilted with cotton thread; backed with cotton, plain weave
Kind: Textile
Made in: United States
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: 304.3 × 309.2 cm (119 3/4 × 121 5/8 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 3.09 m × 3.04 m. Hung the other way up, because the photograph of it is.
Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Bookstein

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

How big is it?: 3.04 m × 3.09 m. A storey and a half of a house. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1820/50. 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: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Bookstein.
How was it made?: Cotton, variety of plain weaves; some roller printed; some glazed; pieced; quilted with cotton thread; backed with cotton, plain weave, made in United States.
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.