Collect: Americana

Provenance:

Ray Williams [Davison and Mayer-Thurman 1973, 206],

Given to the Chicago Historical Society (later the Chicago History Museum), by 1967 [incoming receipt RX5851, February 20, 1967; copy in curatorial object file],

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Chicago Historical Society, 1967.

Display and Loan History:

Art Institute of Chicago, American Coverlets, July 14–October 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), 206.

Note:

"Frederick A. Kean lived about four miles east of Terre Haute, Indiana, on a farm. He signed his coverlets in the corners "Made by F.A. Kean" above a basket of flowers and he would weave the date below the basket. His known coverlets date between 1838 and 1851" Quote from 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), 206.