Rocky Road to Kansas Quilt

Rocky Road to Kansas Quilt

c.1875
Country
United States
Object
quilt
Medium
Pieced cotton
Accession Number
1968.116
Credit Line
Neusteter Textile Collection: Gift of Dr. Robert S. Ohlson
Rocky Road to Kansas Quilt. c.1875. Pieced cotton. Neusteter Textile Collection: Gift of Dr. Robert S. Ohlson. 1968.116.
Dimensions
height: 78 in, 198.1200 cm; width: 62.5 in, 158.7500 cm
Department
Avenir Institute of Textile Arts and Fashion
Collection
Textile Arts and Fashion-American
Foreground and background easily change places if you focus on the patterned stars and then on the red diamonds with black polka dots.
Known Provenance
Gifted December 1968 by Dr. Robert S. Ohlson [Denver, CO, 1930-2009] to Denver Art Museum
Exhibition History
  • "Optical Quilts," October 23, 1999 - April 2, 2000 (DAM)

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