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Collect: American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
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Estimate$800 – $1,200
Provenance:
The first: Frank W. Gunsaulus (1856–1921), Chicago, by 1913 [Day Book 6, 8, and Ledger Book 1900–1913, 297; in Institutional Archives; Davison and Mayer-Thurman 1973, 96],
Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus, 1913 (accession no. 1913.483).
The second: Harriet B. Carpenter (died 1949; also Mrs. Frank D. Carpenter), Chicago, then Miami, FL [Davison and Mayer-Thurman 1973]; by descent to her husband, Frank D. Carpenter, Miami, Florida, by December 19, 1949 [incoming receipt R9821, December 19, 1949; in registrar file],
Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Frank D. Carpenter, 1950 (accession no. 1950.99).
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), 96 and 139.
Note:
As quoted in 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), 96, "Jacob Impson lived for many years in Froton, Cortland County, New York. Several members of his family assisted with the weaving."
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