"The Fire Engine (Heroism on Land)"

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Textiles

1875/1900

Woven by Thomas Stevens (English, 1828–88)
Coventry, England

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Thomas Stevens (Weaver)
Title: "The Fire Engine (Heroism on Land)"
Place: Coventry (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1875–1900
Dimensions: 16.9 × 5.4 cm (6 5/8 × 2 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Frank Burroughs Mulford
Reference Number: 1956.162
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Wilma Sinclair Le Van Baker, The Silk Pictures of Thomas Stevens: a Biography of the Coventry Weaver and his Contribution to the Art of Weaving (New York: Exposition Press, 1957), 86, fig. 30

Mrs. Frank Burroughs Mulford, Chicago, by Nov. 15, 1956 [permanent receipt RX2051, Nov. 15, 1956; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1956.

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