About This Artwork

United States

Coverlet, 1820/25

Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts ("summer and winter") and main warp fringe
239 x 97 cm (94 x 38 1/4 in.)
Estate of Edna R. Meyers, 1965.369

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, "American Coverlets," July 14–October 14, 1973

Publication History

Mildred Davison and Christa C. Mayer Thurman. Coverlets: A Handbook on the Collection of Woven Coverlets in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: 1973), p. 44.




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