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Coverlet

A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in plain interlacings; edged with cotton and wool, plain weave extended weft fringe; woven on handloom with jacquard attachment.
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  • A work made of cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in plain interlacings; edged with cotton and wool, plain weave extended weft fringe; woven on handloom with jacquard attachment.

Date:

1868

Artist:

Adam D. Knirim (American, born German, 1830- after 1883)
United States, Illinois, Lee County, Dixon

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

A. D. Knirim (Weaver)

Title

Coverlet

Place

Illinois (Object made in)

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Made 1868

Medium

Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in plain interlacings; edged with cotton and wool, plain weave extended weft fringe; woven on handloom with Jacquard attachment

Inscriptions

Inscription (two corners): Wove by A D Knirim Dixon Lee Co Il 1868

Dimensions

216.1 × 185.4 cm (85 × 73 in.); Repeat: 36.2 × 33 cm (14 1/4 × 13 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Leland and Katherine Becker

Reference Number

1972.404

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