About This Artwork

Printed and produced by Merrimack Manufacturing Company, founded 1823
United States, Massachusetts, Lowell

Fragment, 1886/90

Cotton, plain weave; block and engraved roller printed
66 x 48.2 cm (26 x 19 in.)
Warp repeat: 21.35 cm (8 3/8 in.)
Inscription: Merrimack Co.
Gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland, 1956.159

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, "Masterpieces of Western Textiles," January 25–March 2, 1969

The Art Institute of Chicago, "American Textiles," May 12–October 31, 1971

The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery,
"Printed Fabrics from the Permanent Collection," August 8, 1981–January 31, 1982

The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, "A Selection of Commemorative Printed Fabrics from the Permanent Collection," August 15–November 15, 1987

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Textile Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago's Collection"
February 17–May 2, 1993

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "America the Beautiful: Textiles from the Permanent Collection," March 6–July 21, 1996

Publication History

Christa Charlotte Mayer. Masterpieces of Western Textiles from The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1969), p. 214, no. 169.

Christa C. Mayer Thurman. Textiles in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992), pp. 113 (illus.), 148.




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