About This Artwork

United States

Coverlet, 1830/40

Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined; fringed
185.4 x 158.6 cm (73 x 62 1/2 in.)
Repeat: 29.6 x 29 cm (11 x 10 3/4 in.)
Estate of Edna R. Meyers, 1965.372

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. 64.




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