Yo-Yo Spread
1924
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Yo-Yo Spread
1924
Physical Qualities
Cotton, 71 x 83 in. (180.3 x 210.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alexander Baer, Baltimore
Object Number
2011.331
A bedspread created from yo-yos or bon-bons, i.e. flat circles of fabric which are gathered to make smaller puckered circles of fabric. This example is composed of approximately 5,893 round 1' diameter yo-yos with 71 yo-yos in one direction and 83 in the other. The yo-yos are made from different printed fabrics in a great variety of styles and colors indicative of the 1930s or 40s era: pinks, lavenders, turquoises, blues, black or dark blue. They are attached to one another by hand. There is no machine stitching, no lining or backing, no trim or border.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2011; Alex Baer, Baltimore
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