Collect: Americana

Provenance:

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

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

The second coverlet: Mrs. Ben J. Taylor, Fairfield, Iowa, by January 1972 [incoming receipt RX8436, January 10, 1972; in registrar file],

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Mildred Davison, 1972.

Display and Loan History:

Both coverlets: Art Institute of Chicago, American Coverlets, July 14–October 14, 1973.

The second coverlet: Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, The American Bed and Its Coverings, November 21, 1990–March 31, 1991.

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), 126 and 151.