Coverlet

Textiles

1827

United States, New York

Due to ease of creating curved lines in Jacquard woven coverlets, it was common to include text in the designs of such textiles. The inscription on this coverlet includes the date the piece was made and the name of the person that it was woven for.

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Department: Textiles

Title: Coverlet
Place: United States (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 1827
Medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined
Inscriptions: Inscribed: Elizabeth Chessire / February 12 / 1827
Dimensions: 230 × 193.4 cm (90 1/2 × 76 in.); Repeat: 15.5 × 17 cm (6 5/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Moses Levitan
Reference Number: 1953.495
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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), 52, cat. 39.

Art Institute of Chicago, American Coverlets, July 14–Oct. 14, 1973.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Fabric of a New Nation: American Needlework and Textiles, 1776-1840, Dec. 16, 2011-June 3, 2012, Extended: July 12 - Nov. 11, 2012.

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