Four Cotton and Wool Jacquard Coverlets

Example 1: natural cotton and yellow ochre wool. Circa 1820-1825. 86 x 40 7/8 inches.

Example 2: natural cotton and yellow ochre wool. Circa 1820-1825. 73 x 43 1/2 inches.

Example 3: fragment. Natural cotton and yellow ochre wool. Circa 1820-1825. 13 1/2 x 41 1/2 inches.

Example 4: two loom widths joined. 98 × 79 5/8 inches.

Property from the Art Institute of Chicago

Examples 1,2 and 3: given to the Art Institute of Chicago by estate of Edna R. Meyers (1875–1965), 1965.

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: 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), 44-45, cat. 33.

Else Regensteiner, Geometric Design in Weaving (West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1986), 170, plate 9-4.

Example 4: Dr. and Mrs. Magnus P. Urnes Endowment

Provenance: Ken Colwell, Mineral Point, WI, by 1992 [Committee on Textiles agenda, May 12, 1992; copy in curatorial object file]; by descent to his brother, Russell Colwell, McFarland, WI [invoice #304, May 5, 1992; incoming receipt RX19516, Aug. 6, 1992; copies in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1992.

Display and Loan History: Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, The Woven Coverlet: An Expression of Treasured America, Mar. 1–July 23, 2000.

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