QUILT INDEX RECORD

52-152-531

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Quilt Alliance

Who documented this quilt?

Quilt Alliance; Inspired By

Quilt Alliance Inventory Number:

55

Quilt Title:

A Robin's View of CBOT

Width:

16 inches

Length:

16 inches

Time period:

2000-2025

Date:

June 1, 2014

Materials:

Fabric - cotton; Threads - silk, cotton, polyester; Batting - silk/cotton/bamboo/tencel; Techniques - hand appliqué, hand and machine piecing, hand embroidery, machine quilting, oil pastels à la Baltimore quilting technique.

Quiltmaker:

Buscemi, Robin

City:

Ringoes

State:

New Jersey

Artist's Statement:

This miniature quilt is a modern interpretation of the Chicago Board of Trade building, a beautiful treasure, appliquéd and embroidered on the Chicago flag, to give homage to Chicago and its architecture. Some colors were used from the special designed Sears Quilt contest quilts (World's Fair/Exposition 1933) "Century of Progress" theme. Features from the inside of the CBOT building, the now obsolete trading pits (clouds), and small pieces add the detail to express movement of art deco and time.

Inspiration quilt:
 

 

Rowley, Richard Henry. Bird's Eye View of the Chicago World's Fair. 1933. From Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project.