Date
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Hemp and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut solid pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots"
Inscriptions
Inscription: McKK.
Dimensions
213.3 × 119.8 cm (84 × 47 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Royalties from The Warner Fund
Reference Number
1987.21
Extended information about this artwork
Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report (1986-87): 27, 64 (ill.).
New York, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, The Jazz Age: Art and Decoration in 1920s America, Apr. 9-Aug. 20, 2017; Cleveland Museum of Art, Sept. 23, 2017-Jan. 14, 2018.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, On or Off the Wall: An International Selection of Tapestries and Carpets, 1920s–1970s, May 14, 2003–Feb. 8, 2004 [brochure].
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Gift, Bequest and Purchase: A Selection of Textile Acquisitions from 1993–1997, Apr. 22–July 26, 1998.
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