Wagon Wheels

NameQuilt

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1880-1890

Place madeUpstate New York, United States, North America

MediumSilks, velvets and velveteen backed with a cotton sateen

Dimensions70 × 70 in. (177.8004 × 177.8004 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.1086

Object numberA.1995.93.1086

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Description"Wagon Wheels" pattern silk and velvet pieces embroidered together with a type of herringbone stitch; bordered with a checkerboard-like pattern of dark and light. Stunning! Colors are black, red, yellow, green, pink, gold, blue; made of silk, velvet, velveteen, and cotton sateen; pieced, embroidered and quilted.