Lauren's Rainbow Garden Quilt

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Lauren's Rainbow Garden Quilt

Pieced quilt

Nancy Crasco

American, Massachusetts

1977

Object Place: Arlington, Massachusetts, Unied States

Medium/Technique Pieced top of cotton plain weave and cotton and polyester plain weave; backed in printed cotton plain weave; quilted

Dimensions Length x width: 177.8 x 213.4 cm (70 x 84 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Lauren Crasco

Accession Number2015.3036

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Fashion and Textiles

ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionPieced quilt in circular pattern of solid pieces of fabric in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and light purple with green border. Quilted in lobed pattern at red and orange centers, and quilted in vine pattern in border.

InscriptionsEmbroidered on reverse in green thread:
"To Lauren Love Mom 1977"

ProvenanceDecember 25, 1977, gift of the artist Nancy Crasco, Brighton, MA to her daughter Lauren Crasco, San Francisco, CA; 2015, gift of Lauren Crasco to the MFA. (Accession date: September 24, 2015)