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Bedcover
Ursula Whittelsey · 1819
Provenance
Ownership history
- Ursula Whittelsey (later Mrs. Edward Sanford, 1796-1875), Saybrook, CT [this and the following according to letter from donor, June 13, 1944; in curatorial object file]; by descent within the family to her granddaughter, Ella R. Sanfod, Portland, ME; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1945.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, American Quilts-1819-1948-From the Museum Collection, Apr. 20, 1959-Oct. 19, 1959.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpieces of Western Textiles, Jan. 25–Mar. 2, 1969.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Quilts from the Permanent Collection, Aug. 19–Nov. 5, 1978 and Nov. 8, 1978–Jan. 21, 1979.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Fabric of a New Nation: American Needlework and Textiles, 1776-1840, Dec. 16, 2011–Jun. 3, 2012, extended: Jul. 12–Nov. 11, 2012.
Literature
Published references
- Mildred Davison, American Quilts-1819-1948-From the Museum Collection, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1959), cat. 1.
- Mildred Davison, American Quilts from the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1966), pl. 1.
- Christa Charlotte Mayer, Masterpieces of Western Textiles from The Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1969), 162, pl. 128.
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