About This Artwork
Woven by John B. Welty, (1792-1841)
United States, Maryland, Washington County, Boonsboro
Coverletc. 1839
Cotton and wool, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts (Beiderwand); woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined; fringed
229.4 x 221.2 cm (90 1/4 x 87 in.)
Repeat: 56.5 x 40.3 cm (90 1/4 x 87 in.)
Inscription: John B. Welty Boonsboro Washington County Maryland
Gift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus, 1911.522
Textiles
Not on Display
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. 148-9.