United States

Bedcover or Parlor Throw (Crazy Quilt)

1884
Silk and cotton, pieced plain, twill, and satin weaves, some with supplementary patterning warps, supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, self-patterning, and/or cut solid velvet; some painted; embroidered with silk in buttonhole, cross, double feather, feather, herringbone, satin, slanting Cretan, stem, and straight stitches; French knots
187.3 × 176 cm (73.7 × 69.3 in)

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