About This Artwork

Woven by Abram William Van Doren (American, 1808–1884) for Sybil Duncan
United States, Michigan, Oakland County, Avon

Colonial Coverlet, 1845

Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined
225.7 x 195.2 cm (88 x 76 in.)
Inscription: Sybil Suncan A W Van Doren Weaver Avon 1845 Michigan
Gift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus, 1911.15

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), pp. 212-3.

Ownership History

Ex-Collection: Florence S. Babbitt




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