About This Artwork

Woven by Matthew Rattray
American, born Scotland, 1796–1872
United States, Indiana, Wayne County, Richmond

Coverlet, 1846

Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; two loom widths joined; fringed
230.8 x 195.8 cm (90 x 77 in.)
Repeat: 31.1 x 32.4 cm (12 1/4 x 12 3/4 in.)
Inscription: 1846
Gift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus, 1916.433

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 Coverlets in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: 1973), pp. 204-5.




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