About This Artwork

Designed by Jacobus W. G. Gidding
Dutch, 1887–1955
Netherlands

Carpet, 1920/25

Cotton, jute, and wool, plain weave with secondary binding warps tying supplementary chenille patterning wefts forming cut surface pile
297.6 x 196 cm (117 1/4 x 77 1/8 in.)
Restricted gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hixon Glore in honor of Robert Hixon Glore, Jr., 1986.990

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Gift, Bequest and Purchase: A Selection of Textile Acquisitions
from 1982–1987," March 18–August 14, 1989

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "European Textile Masterpieces from Coptic Times through the 19th Century," September 27, 1989–January 22, 1990

Publication History

Mayer Thurman, Christa C. Textiles in The Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992. p. 122-23 (Illustration), 124-5, 148-9.