About This Artwork

Design in the style of Daniel Marot I (French, 1661–1752) or Jean Berain I (French, 1640-1711)
India, for the European market

Bedcover, Late 17th/early 18th century

Cotton, plain weave; resist printed and painted
179.2 x 137.4 cm (70 1/2 x 54 1/8 in.)
Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment, 1999.505

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "An International Collection of Appliquéd, Embroidered and Pieced Bedcoverings," February 28–May 28, 2001

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, “Gift, Bequest, and Purchase: 1998–2003,” October 22, 2004–April 17, 2005

Publication History

Christa C. Mayer Thurman and Jessica Batty, “Bedcover,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 29, 2 (2003), pp. 26-27 (color illus.).