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Polly Bedford · 1791
Provenance
Ownership history
- Elizabeth Vaughan (1871-1949; born Elizabeth Tyson), South Berwick, ME, and Sherborn, MA, by Jan. 11, 1949 [Incoming receipt, R9946, Jan. 11, 1950; copy in curatorial object file]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1950.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, America the Beautiful: Textiles from the Permanent Collection, Mar. 6–July 21, 1996.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 67, Department of European Decorative Arts, 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, Gallery 1-4, Photography + Folk Art: Looking for America in the 1930s, Sept. 21, 2019-Jan. 20, 2020.
Literature
Published references
- Textbook for the 8th Grade, Chicago (Chicago: Follett Publishing Company).
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