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Bed Cover1880-1900

Not on view
Horizontal textile in orange, red, and gold with a central diamond medallion creating a perspective illusion, surrounded by columns of small printed text labels on striped grounds
Textile quilt in golden yellow, orange, and red, constructed from cigar ribbon labels arranged in a log cabin pattern. Woven silk ribbons bearing printed text including words such as "Blackstone," "Harvard," "Quincy," and "Poet" radiate from a central diamond focal point. Striped border in red and gold frames the composition.
Pieced quilt in vivid shades of orange, yellow, red, and olive green, constructed from printed cigar band ribbons bearing repeated text including "1-20-4," "Quincy," and "Blackstone," arranged in vertical columns and diagonal geometric forms.

Unknown, Bed Cover, 1880-1900, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Clarence E. Fleming, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Bed Cover
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1880-1900
Medium
Silk plain weave and twill ribbons (cigar bands), printed and quilted
Dimensions
86 3/4 × 57 3/8 in. (220.35 × 145.73 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Clarence E. Fleming
Accession Number
M.85.164
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako, Kaye Durland Spilker, and Clarrisa M. Esguerra. Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2016.

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