About This Artwork

Woven for Rebexy Hamilton
American, active c. 1820
United States, Pennsylvania, Green County, Waynesburg

Coverlet, 1820

Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined; fringed
202.1 x 157.5 cm (79 1/2 x 62 in.)
Repeat: 8 x 8.5 cm (3 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Gift of Elizabeth Hyde Holden, 1950.1523

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), p. 65.




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