'Honeycomb' Coverlet

Provenance

Else Regensteiner (1906-2003), Chicago, by June 20, 1978 [letter and analysis shared by donor, June 20, 1978; incoming receipt RX12478, Dec. 16, 1979; copies in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1979.

'Honeycomb' Coverlet

Else Regensteiner

c. 1840

Accession Number

59423

Medium

Cotton, undulating plain weave with areas of warp floats; two loom width joined

Dimensions

247.6 × 185.2 cm (97 1/2 × 72 7/8 in.)

Classification

weaving - coverlet

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Else Regensteiner