Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain
Mourning Sampler
Mary Balch's School · About 1810
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, American Textiles, May 12–Oct. 31, 1971.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, America the Beautiful: Textiles from the Permanent Collection, Mar. 6–Jul. 21, 1996.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gallery 67, Sept. 9, 1999-Jan. 5, 2000.
- 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–June 3, 2012; extended: July 12-Nov. 11, 2012.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9772/on-loss-and-absence-textiles-of-mourning-and-survival"><em>On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival</em></a>, Sept. 6, 2025–Mar. 15, 2026, cat.
Literature
Published references
- Judith A. Barter and Monica Obniski, For Kith and Kin: The Folk Art Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2012), 50-51, cat. 14 (ill.).
- Isaac Facio, Nneka Kai, L Vinebaum, and Anne Wilson, eds. On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2025), 47, fig. 4 (ill.).
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