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"Feather-Edged Star" Quilt
Annie Maria Miller · 1845
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist, Annie Maria Henkel (1827-1911; born Annie Maria Miller; later Mrs. Solon Paul Charles Henkle), Shenandoah, VA; by descent in the family to Orvis Thaddeus Henkle (1871-1956), OH then Chicago; with C. W. Henkel (1901-1982), Chicago [incoming receipt RX2724, Jan. 16, 1959; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1959.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, American Quilts-1819-1948-From the Museum Collection, Apr. 20, 1959-Oct. 19, 1959.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Quilts from the Permanent Collection, Aug. 19–Nov. 5, 1978 and Nov. 8, 1978–Jan. 21, 1979.
Literature
Published references
- Mildred Davison, American Quilts-1819-1948-From the Museum Collection, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1959), cat. 16.
- Mildred Davison, American Quilts from the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1966), pl. 15.
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