Two Cotton and Wool Jacquard coverlets

c. 1850

Example 1: Natural cotton and red wool. Circa 1850-1855, New York. 85 1/4 × 89 1/2 inches.
Example 2: Natural cotton and red wool. Circa 1850, Fleming , Seneca County, New York. 90 × 79 1/4 inches.

Property from the Art Institute of Chicago

Example 1: Given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1911, by Dr.

Frank W. Gunsaulus (1856–1921).

Display and Loan History: Art Institute of Chicago, American Coverlets, July 14–Oct. 14, 1973.

Publication History: 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), 120.

Example 2: Gift of Anne Morgan

Provenance: Woven by Charlotte Purchase Thorton, Fleming, NY (1784–1852) [note from Anne Morgan, Oct. 9, 1934; copy in curatorial object file]; by descent in the family to her granddaughter Anne Morgan, Chicago (died 1936) [incoming receipt R5619, Oct. 3, 1934; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1934.

Display and Loan History: Art Institute of Chicago, American Coverlets, July 14–Oct. 14, 1973.

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