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Bedcover

Sarah J. Harden, 1855

2.18 m × 1.75 m

It would not fit through your front door. Stood on end it is 1.3 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1.75 m
Width: 2.18 m
Medium: Cotton, plain weave; appliquéd with cotton, plain weave and cotton, plain weave; roller printed; quilted; edged with cotton, plain weave
Kind: Textile
Made in: Ohio
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: 217.8 × 218.4 cm (85 3/4 × 86 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 2.18 m × 2.18 m. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Gift of Gerald W. Adelmann in memory of Lois Reed Adelmann

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

How big is it?: 2.18 m × 1.75 m. It would not fit through your front door. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1855. 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 Gerald W. Adelmann in memory of Lois Reed Adelmann.
How was it made?: Cotton, plain weave; appliquéd with cotton, plain weave and cotton, plain weave; roller printed; quilted; edged with cotton, plain weave, made in Ohio.
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.