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'Crazy Quilt' Parlor Throw

Unknown artist, 1887/88

1.64 m × 1.09 m

Almost as tall as you are. It comes to about the height of the person standing beside it.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1.09 m
Width: 1.64 m
Medium: Silk, in a variety of weaves including cut velvet weave and a variety of techniques; pieced; embroidered in silk and chenille threads in a variety of stitches; backed with silk, satin weave
Kind: Textile
Made in: Massachusetts
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: 164.1 × 137.4 cm (64 5/8 × 54 1/8 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 1.37 m × 1.64 m. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Gift of Mrs. Herbert L. Stern

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

How big is it?: 1.64 m × 1.09 m. Almost as tall as you are. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1887/88. 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 Mrs. Herbert L. Stern.
How was it made?: Silk, in a variety of weaves including cut velvet weave and a variety of techniques; pieced; embroidered in silk and chenille threads in a variety of stitches; backed with silk, satin weave, made in Massachusetts.
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.