1992 Joyce Marquess Carey's "Art Gecko" Pieced and Appliqued Hanging
date: label: date made
content: 1990 - 1992
name: label: maker
content: Carey, Joyce Marquess
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pieced and appliqued hanging labeled “Art Gecko” by Joyce Marquess Carey. The art quilt wall hanging consists of a pieced background of 2” square pieces (pink, white & black - plain and prints) with stuffed work and applique. The hanging has a batting interlining and a lining but is not quilted. Design is predominantly black, white, pink, and silver with three-dimensional stuffed, beaded and embroidered geckos and architectural motifs (Chrysler Building, NYC; Besakih Temple, Bali; Pramadani, Java). Four 4” by 6” photos printed on fabric are along one side, anchored, as in a photo album, by black fabric photo corners. The photos are from a trip the artist took to Southeast Asia. There is a 3 1/2" - 4" black print border on two sides. The lining is a print cotton overlaid with a complex Velcro and grommet hanging system covering the complete back.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Wisconsin, Madison
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Art
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Rita J. Adrosko
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0320.02
label: accession number
content: 2017.0320
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0320.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hanging
label: Object Name
content: Art quilt
label: Object Name
content: quilt, art, hanging
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric; cotton, synthetic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread (overall material)
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content: filling (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 39 in x 55 in; 99 cm x 140 cm