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Women’s Rights Quilt

Women’s Rights Quilt

Date: ca. 1875
Geography: Midwest, United States
Culture: American
Medium: Cotton

Dimensions: 70 in. x 69.5 in.
Classification: Textiles
Credit Line: Funds from various donors, 2011
Accession Number: 2011.538

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1853
Ensemble

Ensemble

House of Givenchy (French, founded 1952)

Date: fall/winter 1963–64
Accession Number: 1979.435.10a, b

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space

Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)

Date: 1913
Accession Number: 1990.38.3

Zaō Gongen

Zaō Gongen

Date: 11th century
Accession Number: 1975.268.155

Old Trees, Level Distance

Old Trees, Level Distance

Guo Xi (Chinese, ca. 1000–ca. 1090)

Date: ca. 1080
Accession Number: 1981.276

White Flag

White Flag

Jasper Johns (American, born Augusta, Georgia, 1930 )

Date: 1955
Accession Number: 1998.329

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