About This Artwork

Probably England

Panel from a Settee, 1745/55

Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and wool in tent stitches
76 x 191.3 cm (29 7/8 x 75 3/8 in.)
Restricted gift of the Needlework and Textile Guild and Mr. and Mrs. Don H. Reuben; Royalties from The Warner Fund, 1982.199

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "European Textile Masterpieces from Coptic Times through the 19th Century," September 27, 1989–January 22, 1990

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Textile Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago's Collection," February 17–May 2, 1993

Publication History

The Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report 1982-83. Illustration, p. 58.

Christa C. Mayer Thurman. "Some Major Textile Acquisitions from Europe and Egypt." Museum Studies, Vol. II, No. I (Fall 1984). pp. 52-69.

Alain Gruber. Chinoiserie: Der Einfluss Chinas auf die europäische Kunst 17.-19. Jahrhundert (ausstellungskatalog). Abegg-Stiftung Bern in Riggisberg: 1984. Nr. 32, seite 80-81.

Christa C. Mayer Thurman. Textiles in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992), pp. 76-77, 146.

Jennifer Harris, ed. 5000 Years of Textiles (London: British Museum Press in association with The Whitworth Art Gallery and Victoria and Albert Museum, 1993), p. 210, pl. 250.