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Kennet
William Morris · Design 1883, made 1887
Provenance
Ownership history
- Frances Glessner (1848-1932; born Sarah Frances Macbeth; also Mrs. John J. Glessner) and John J. Glessner (1843-1936), Chicago, from Apr. 16, 1887 [according to information provided by William Tyre, May 18, 2021, and correspondence from Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder, Aug. 18, 1977. Mrs. Glessner purchased at Marshall Field’s, Chicago, Apr. 16, 1887 and installed in parlor of Glessner House, Prairie Street, Chicago; recorded in Mrs. Glessner’s personal dairy and photographed c. 1890 in Glessner House]; by descent to their daughter, Frances Glessner Lee (1878-1962), Bethlehem, NH; by descent to her daughter, Martha Batchelder (born 1906; born Martha Lee; also Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder), Milton, MA [incoming receipt RX8257, Sept. 30, 1971; in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1971.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, Selected Textile Acquisitions Since 1967, July 10, 1972–Apr. 30, 1973.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 50, Islamic Gallery, Nov. 13, 2014- Mar. 2, 2015.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9325"> Morris and Company: The Business of Beauty</a>, Dec. 18, 2021–June 13, 2022, no cat.
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