About This Artwork

Woven by Archibald Davidson
American, born 1771, active 1832-1848
United States, New York, Tompkins County, Ithaca

Coverlet, 1838

Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined
229 x 204.1 cm (90 1/4 x 80 3/8 in.)
Warp repeat: 42.5 cm (16 3/4 in.)
Inscription: Woven at the Ithaca Carpet Factory by Archd Davidson 1838 E Pluribus Unum
Gift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus, 1911.226

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, "American Coverlets," July 14–October 14, 1973

The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, "Coverlets from the Permanent Collection," April 4–July 5, 1981

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "The American Bed and Its Coverings," November 21, 1990–March 31, 1991

Publication History

Charles Fabens Kelley. "The Home Forum." The Christian Science Monitor vol. XXXIII (January 16, 1941).

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. 98, no. 71.

Ownership History

Ex-Collection: Florence S. Babbitt




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