A Cotton and Wool Jacquard Coverlet by Ephraim Hausman

(American, 1813–1901)

blue-green cotton and red wool. Inscribed Made by E. Hausman Trexler Town 1868. Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. 94 3/8 × 78 3/4 inches.

"Ephraim Hausman was born in 11813 as one of five sons to Jacob Hausman, Sr., who lived in Lobachsville, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The father and five of his sons all wove coverlets. Ephraim Hausman died in 1901 and is buried in Trexler Town, Pennsylvania." 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), 143, cat. 106.

Property from the Art Institute of Chicago

Given to the Art Institute of Chicago by Mrs. William F. Drews (1906–1980), 1972.

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. Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, The American Bed and Its Coverings, Nov. 21, 1990–Mar. 31, 1991. Art Institute of Chicago, American Art, gallery rotation, Sep. 28, 1995-Mar. 19, 1996. Art Institute of Chicago, American Art, Gallery 179 rotation, Oct. 12, 1998-Feb. 4, 1999. Art Institute of Chicago, American Art, Gallery 179 rotation, Jan. 23-July 3, 2003. Art Institute of Chicago, Folk Art Gallery, American Art, July 27, 2009-Jan. 21, 2010.

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), 143, cat. 106.

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