Coverlet

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Textiles

1840

United States, Pennsylvania, Chester County

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Department: Textiles

Title: Coverlet
Place: Pennsylvania (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 1840
Medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth with main warp and extended ground weft fringe; two loom widths joined
Inscriptions: Inscription (in bottom left corner block): Joseph [illegible last name of weaver or owner] Wove in 1840.; (on reverse): P W H
Dimensions: 275.6 × 225.5 cm (108 1/2 × 88 3/4 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 34.6 cm (13 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Louise Lutz
Reference Number: 1980.622
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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 Woven Coverlet: An Expression of Treasured America, Mar. 1–July 23, 2000.

America Hurrah, New York, by 1980; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1980.

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