Lot 49

Three Cotton and Wool Jacquard Coverlets

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Estimate$800 – $1,200

Status

Closed

Three Cotton and Wool Jacquard Coverlets

Example 1: natural cotton and blue wool. Circa 1820-1825, Burlington Vermont, Chittenden County. 87 7/8 × 72 1/8 inches.

Example 2: natural cotton and blue wool. Circa 1825-1835. 94 1/2 × 34 1/2 inches.

Example 3: natural cotton and blue wool. Circa 1825-1835. 88 × 45 inches.

Property from the Art Institute of Chicago

Example 1: given to the Art Institute of Chicago by Lilian Carlisle, 1959.

Display and Loan History: Art Institute of Chicago, American Coverlets, July 14–Oct. 14, 1973. Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, Coverlets from the Permanent Collection, Apr. 4–July 5, 1981.

Publication History: Christa C. Mayer-Thurman, “American Coverlets,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 67, 4 (July–Aug. 1973): 5, fig. 2 (ill.).

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), 42, cat. 30.

Example 2: given to the Art Institute of Chicago by the estate of Edna R. Meyers (1875–1965), 1965.

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), 37, cat. 22.

Example 3: given to the Art Institute of Chicago by the estate of Edna R. Meyers (1875–1965), 1965.

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

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