Coverlet

Textiles

1845

Robert, Thomas, John or William Muir (American, born Scottish, active c. 1835-1857)
United States, Indiana, Wayne County

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artists: William Muir (Weaver) , Thomas Muir (Weaver) , Robert Muir (Weaver) , John Muir (Weaver)
Title: Coverlet
Places: United States (Object made in:), Indiana (Object made in:)
Date: Made 1845
Medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined; fringed
Inscriptions: Inscription: 1845
Dimensions: 237 × 200 cm (93 3/8 × 72 in.); Repeat: 36.8 × 36.2 cm (14 1/2 × 14 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Frank D. Carpenter
Reference Number: 1950.102
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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), 203.

Art Institute of Chicago, American Coverlets, July 14–Oct. 14, 1973.

Harriet B. Carpenter (also Mrs. Frank D. Carpenter, died Sept. 19, 1949), Chicago, then Miami, FL [this and the following according to letter from F.D. Carpenter to Mildred Davison, Nov. 9 and Nov. 21, 1949; in curatorial object file]; by descent to her husband, Frank D. Carpenter, Miami, FL, Sept. 19, 1949 [Incoming receipt R9821, Dec. 19, 1949; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1950.

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