Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain
Bedcover
Almeda and Lucinda Robinson · about 1812
Provenance
Ownership history
- Almeda Robinson and Lucina Robinson [the quilt was made from the wedding costume of their grandmother, Abigail Hale Stebbins (1720/21–1812), who married Johnathan Stebbins in 1747; according to letter from Mrs. Rolf Ullestead, Mar. 27, 1982; in curatorial object file]; by descent through the family to Mrs. Rolf J. Ullestead (1897-1989; also Rhea Hunt Ullestead), Chicago, by June 15, 1942 [on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago, from June 15, 1942; incoming receipt R7718; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1963.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, Quilts from the Permanent Collection, Aug. 19–Jan. 21, 1979.
- 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, Gallery 164, Department of American Art, Jan. 12- June 16, 2005.
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