About This Artwork

Designed by Thomas Wardle
English, 1831–1909
Printed at Hencroft Dye Works
England, Staffordshire, Leek

Two Chair Seat Cushions, Panel, and Eleven Fragments from the John J. Glessner House, Chicago, c. 1888

Cotton, twill weave weave with supplementary pile wefts forming cut solid (velveteen); block printed; fringe: cotton, silk and wool; woven
a: 66.0 x 113.3 cm (26 x 44 1/4 in.)
b: 57.5 x 60.3 cm (22 5/8 x 23 3/4 in.)
c: 59.3 x 56.6 cm (23 3/8 x 22 3/8 in.)
d: 47.5 x 51.5 cm (18 5/8 x 20 1/4 in.)
e: 86.5 x 29.0 cm (34 x 11 1/2 in.)
f: 39.8 x 71.1 cm (15 3/4 x 28 in.)
g: 85 x 79.3 cm (33 1/2 x 31 1/8 in.)
h: 47.4 x 27.5 cm (18 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
i: 44.5 x 28.5 cm (17 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.)
j: 43.2 x 24.4 cm (17 x 9 5/8 in.)
k: 86.8 x 80.0 cm (34 1/8 x 31 1/2 in.)
l: 113.5 x 12.3 cm (44 3/4 x 4 7/8 in.)
m: 98.9 x 16.0 cm (39 x 6 3/8 in.)
n: 38.5 x 14.2 cm (15 1/4 x 5 5/8 in.)
Gift of the Chicago Architecture Foundation, 1978.194a-n




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