The record behind this framed sheet: the file we worked from, what we measured, and what we are allowed to sell.
The sheet you have
- Work
- Ruth Hart (active c. 1845–1850), “Lone Star” Variation Quilt, Guilford, Connecticut, c. 1845/50
- Object
- Quilt; silk, pieced and quilted with silk thread; cotton backing and batting, 207.4 × 208.4 cm / 81 5/8 × 82 in
- Held by
- The Art Institute of Chicago; gift of Mrs. Ralph B. Treadway
- Accession
- 1962.751 (AIC object 15100)
- File
- The museum’s own IIIF endpoint, at high resolution
- Crop
- [368, 320, 5328, 5244] in the master of 5 668 × 5 514 px — the quilt measures 4960 × 4924 px in the file
- 40 × 50 cm sheet, image 34.0 × 33.8 cm, reduced about 1:6, about 370 dpi on the sheet, not enlarged
What we measured
Width anchor 208.4 cm → 23.8 px/mm; height gives 23.7 px/mm, a 0.25 % difference — inside tolerance.
The crop takes the outermost fibre on all four sides; where the edge dips, a sliver of the museum’s grey photography ground stays in and is not retouched. Nothing is trimmed inward and nothing is retouched or colour-corrected.
What we are allowed to sell
The work. The quilt was made around 1845–50: public domain in every market we ship to.
The photograph. The Art Institute of Chicago marks this object as public domain (API is_public_domain = true, checked 30 September 2026) and publishes images of public-domain works under Creative Commons Zero. A quilt is a textile with relief, not a flat sheet — so our clearance rests on the museum’s CC0 declaration.
What we do not claim. A giclée reproduction printed with pigment inks from a photograph of the quilt. It is not a textile and is not sold as one. The museum is named as our source, not as a partner, and does not endorse this print.