About This Artwork
Woven by Frederick A. Kean
American, active c. 1847
United States, Indiana, Vigo County, Terre Haute
Coverlet1847
Cotton and wool, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts (Beiderwand); woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined; fringed
244 x 223.4 cm (96 x 88 in.)
40.6 x 36.8 cm (16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Gift of the Chicago Historical Society, 1967.203
Textiles
Not on Display
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. 206.
Ownership History
Ex-Collection: Ray Williams