Coverlet

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Textiles

1852

Samuel Snider (American, born 1820)
United States, Indiana, Elkhart County, New Paris

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Samuel Snider (Weaver)
Title: Coverlet
Place: Indiana (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 1852
Medium: Wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; main warp and extended supplementary weft cut fringe
Inscriptions: Inscriptions (in corner blocks): U S A NEW PARIS ELKHART COUNTY I A
Dimensions: 233.6 × 199.4 cm (92 × 78 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Marjorie Hattel Storer
Reference Number: 1986.1047
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Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, Recent Acquisitions of Quilts and Coverlets, May 9–Aug. 9, 1987.

Marjorie Hattel Storer, Park Forest, IL, by 1986; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1986.

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