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Susan (Mumma) Major, 1850 or later

2.79 m × 2.81 m

It would not fit through your front door. Stood on end it is 1.7 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 2.81 m
Width: 2.79 m
Medium: Cotton, plain weave; appliquéd with pieced plain weave; and plain weave; roller printed
Kind: Textile
Made in: Pennsylvania
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: 280.8 × 278.9 cm (110 1/2 × 109 3/4 in.)
Credit: Gift of Mary Elizabeth Johnson

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

How big is it?: 2.79 m × 2.81 m. It would not fit through your front door. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1850 or later. 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 Mary Elizabeth Johnson.
How was it made?: Cotton, plain weave; appliquéd with pieced plain weave; and plain weave; roller printed, made in Pennsylvania.
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.