About This Artwork

Woven by Ira Hadsell
American, (1813-1896)
United States, New York, Palmyra, Wayne County

Coverlet, 1855

Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; full loom width
219.3 x 192.1 cm (86 1/2 x 75 5/8 in.)
Inscription: Liberty E Pluribus Unum 1854 Sarah E Cornwell Woven at Palmyra N.Y. by Ira Hadsell
Gift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus, 1911.10

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 Woverlets in the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1973), p. 122.

Ownership History

Ex-Collection: Florence S. Babbitt




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