Flying Geese
ca. 1840
Medium
Decorative Arts-Fiber
Classification
Decorative Arts-Fiber
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia S. Smith
Accession Number
1998.149.22
About this artwork
Both Flying Geese and Honeycomb are examples of patterned American quilts made from luxurious samples of calicoes and chintzes imported from France and England. Calico cotton fabrics, used primarily for dressmaking, were printed with small, repeated patterns of floral or abstract designs; chintz was a glazed cotton cloth printed with large, single-colored designs of flowers and birds. These elaborately painted fabrics originally came from India, but by the mid-1700s printing methods had been dev...
About the Artist
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