Two Cotton and Wool Jacquard Coverlets

Example 1: natural cotton and blue, red and green wool. Inscribed S Blocher Bolivar Tuscanawus County Ohio 1848. 73 × 66 inches.

Example 2: natuaral cotton and blue, pink and yellow wool. Inscribed David Long 1846. Chambersburg, Franklin County Pennsylvania. 99 x 75 inches.

73 × 66 inches.

Property from the Art Institute of Chicago

Example 1: gift of the Chicago Historical Society.

Provenance: Dr. Otto L. Schmidt [Davison and Mayer-Thurman 1973, 166]; given to the Chicago Historical Society (later the Chicago History Museum), by Feb. 20, 1967 [incoming receipt RX5851, Feb. 20, 1967; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1967.

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), 166.

Example 2: given to the Art Institute of Chicago by Mrs. Vernon DeYoung (1906–1983), 1970

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

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