Coverlet

Textiles

1872

John Eusebius Schneider (American, born German, active 1823-1903)
United States, Missouri, St. Charles County, Hamburg

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Department: Textiles

Artist: John E. Schneider (Weaver)
Title: Coverlet
Place: Missouri (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 1872
Medium: Wool, plain weave double cloth; main warp fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined
Inscriptions: Inscription: Made. by. John E. Schneider. Hamburg. St. Charles Co. Mo. 1872
Dimensions: 247 × 220.9 cm (97 1/4 × 87 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 104.1 cm (41 in.); Woven loom: W.: 109.8 cm (43 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Textile Purchase Fund
Reference Number: 1973.302
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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), 225, no. 154.

Art Institute of Chicago, American Coverlets, July 14–Oct. 14, 1973.
Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, Coverlets from the Permanent Collection, Apr. 4–July 5, 1981.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, The American Bed and Its Coverings, Nov. 21, 1990–Mar. 31, 1991.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, America the Beautiful: Textiles from the Permanent Collection, Mar. 6–July 21, 1996.

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