Coverlet

Textiles

1855

Robert, Thomas, John or William Muir (American, Born Scottish, active c. 1835-1857)
United States, Indiana

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artists: Robert Muir (Weaver) , Thomas Muir (Weaver) , John Muir (Weaver) , William Muir (Weaver)
Title: Coverlet
Places: Indiana (Object made in:), United States (Object made in:)
Date: Made 1855
Medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth with main warp fringe; two loom widths joined; four selvages present
Inscriptions: Inscription (in mirror image in bottom corner blocks): 1855
Dimensions: 232.5 × 206.9 cm (91 1/2 × 81 1/2 in.); Repeat: 41.4 × 39.8 cm (16 1/4 × 15 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Vona Niementowski
Reference Number: 1985.90
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Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, The Woven Coverlet: An Expression of Treasured America, Mar. 1–July 23, 2000.

Vona Niementowski, Crown Point, IN, by 1985; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1985.

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