A work made of silk, cotton, wool, rayon, and acetate, plain weaves, some with creped wefts, some with supplementary pile warps and/or wefts forming cut solid velvet and some with self-patterning ground wefts; some printed; twill weaves; satin weaves, some with creped wefts; and double-sided satin weave of complementary warps and wefts, secondary binding warps and main warp floats cut to form "velours au sabré"; pieced; appliquéd with cotton, silk, and rayon, plain weave and satin weaves; some with creped wefts; some printed; embroidered with cotton and rayon, in back, bullion, buttonhole, chain, detached chain, open chain, feather, fly, herringbone, interlooping, overcast, satin, single satin, sheaf filling and stem stitches; french knots and couching, edged with rayon, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet, each square backed with cotton, plain weave.

Figurative Crazy Quilt

c. 1929/41

United States

Silk, cotton, wool, rayon, and acetate, plain weaves, some with creped wefts, some with supplementary pile warps and/or wefts forming cut solid velvet and some with self-patterning ground wefts; some printed; twill weaves; satin weaves, some with creped wefts; and double-sided satin weave of complementary warps and wefts, secondary binding warps and main warp floats cut to form "velours au sabré"; pieced; appliquéd with cotton, silk, and rayon, plain weave and satin weaves; some with creped wefts; some printed; embroidered with cotton and rayon, in back, bullion, buttonhole, chain, detached chain, open chain, feather, fly, herringbone, interlooping, overcast, satin, single satin, sheaf filling and stem stitches; French knots and couching, edged with rayon, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet, each square backed with cotton, plain weave

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