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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
Inscriptions
Inscription: William Hicks
Dimensions
244 × 198.3 cm (96 × 78 in.); Repeat: 36.8 × 36.8 cm (14 1/2 × 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of James M. Kittleman
Reference Number
1970.1082
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Christa C. Mayer-Thurman, “American Coverlets,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 67, 4 (July–Aug. 1973): 6, fig. 5.
Mildred Davison and Christa C. Mayer-Thurman, Coverlets: A Handbook on the Collection of Woven Coverlets in The Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1973), 208.
Art Institute of Chicago, American Coverlets, July 14–Oct. 14, 1973.
James M. Kittleman, by 1970; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1970.
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