Coverlet

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Jonathan Garber (Weaver)

Title

Coverlet

Place

Maryland (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 1839

Medium

Cotton and wool, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts (tied double cloth) and main warp and extended supplementary patterning weft cut fringe; possibly woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined

Inscriptions

Inscription (in mirror image in bottom corner blocks): JONATHAN GARBER, FREDERICK CO. MD. 1839; (in mirror image above bottom border): NO MAN CAN BETTER IT JOHN ZEE & MARGARET PICKET

Dimensions

270.1 × 206.4 cm (106 3/8 × 81 1/4 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 40.3 cm (15 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf

Reference Number

1980.684

IIIF Manifest  The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world.

Learn more.

https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/60996/manifest.json

Extended information about this artwork

Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email . Information about image downloads and licensing is available here.