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Crazy quilt
Made by: Celestine Bacheller (American (Wyoma, MA), 1839–about 1922)
American
1875–1900
Object Place: Wyoma, Lynn, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave, velvet, and satin, pieced and embroidered
Dimensions
Overall: 189.2 × 151.1 cm (74 1/2 × 59 1/2 in.)
Other (Top edge): 143.5 cm (56 1/2 in.)
Other (Top edge): 143.5 cm (56 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Healy in memory of Mrs. Charles O'Malley
Accession Number63.655
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBrilliantly colored bits of silk and plush pieced to form twelve rectangular compartments, each showing a landscape and said to represent houses in the area of Wyoma, Massachusetts (near Lynn). Details worked in brilliantly colored silk yarns. A number of details worked in the round may be lifted. Bordered with purple plush, lined with russet-red satin (worn).
ProvenanceSaid to have been made by Miss Celestine Bacheller