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Sophie Stern Levy

quilt top, ca. 1890

Description

Maker

  • Sophie Stern Levy, 1870-1955, German

Title

quilt top

Year

ca. 1890

Medium

silk

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silk

Techniques

  • beadworking,
  • beaded,
  • beading,
  • embroidery,
  • embroidering,
  • embroidered,
  • piecing,
  • patchwork,
  • appliqué (prefered spelling),
  • applique

Dimensions

193 cm (76 inches) (length)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

"S" embroidered in center in red chenille yarn.

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Gift of Frank Herlacher, Jr. in memory of Joyce Herlacher

Object Number

79.105

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is quilt top with the accession number of 79.105. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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