Scenes of American Life

Mrs. Cecil White (probably Hartford, CT)

About 1920

Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave, twill, and compound weave; silk plain weave, pieced and applied top tied to backing

DimensionsLength x width: 195.6 × 152.4 cm (77 × 60 in.)

Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund, Elizabeth M. and John F. Paramino Fund in memory of John F. Paramino, Boston Sculptor, Frank B. Bemis Fund, and John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund

Accession number2018.119

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsTextiles

Collections

Provenance1972, Rhea Goodman Quilt Gallery, Inc., New York; 1988, sold by Rhea Goodman Quilt Gallery, Inc. to American Hurrah, New York; by 2000, sold by American Hurrah to Gail and Michael Mendelson, Mendelson Collection, New York; sold by Mendelson's to Frank Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT; sold by Giampietro Gallery to Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York; sold by Ricco/Maresca Gallery to private Massachusetts collection; March 3, 2018, American Furniture and Decorative Arts sale (3080B), Skinner, Boston, lot 52, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 2018)