"Swan House" Carpet

1. Frances Glessner ((1848-1932; born Sarah Frances Macbeth; also Mrs. John J. Glessner) and John J. Glessner (1843-1936), Chicago, from Apr. 1887 [according to information provided by Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder, Aug. 18, 1977; in curatorial file. Purchased at Marshall Field’s, Chicago, Apr. 16, 1887 and installed in main hall of Glessner House, Prairie Street, Chicago; recorded in Mrs. Glessner’s personal dairy and photographed in situ from 1887 through 1936]; by descent to their daughter, Francis 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 RX9965, Dec. 30, 1974; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1974.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Cambridge, MA, Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard College Library, Harvard University, Henry Hobson Richardson and his Office, 1874: Selected Drawings, Oct. 23–Dec. 8, 1974, cat.; Albany Institute of History and Art, Jan. 7–Feb. 23, 1975; Washington, D.C., Renwick Gallery, the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Mar. 21–June 22, 1975 (Cambridge only).
• Art Institute of Chicago, Selected Textile Acquisitions since 1973, Dec. 15, 1977–Mar. 26, 1978.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, A Selection of Fabrics from the 1880s–1940s from the Permanent Collection, Nov. 13, 1982–Feb. 15, 1983.
• New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, In Pursuit of Beauty: Americans and the Aesthetic Movement, Oct. 23, 1986-Jan. 11, 1987.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, European Textile Masterpieces from Coptic Times through the 19th Century, Sept. 27, 1989–Jan. 22, 1990.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Textile Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago's Collection, Feb. 17–May 2, 1993.
• 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.

• Christa C. Mayer Thurman, The Department of Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1978), 23, fig. 28 (ill.).
• Linda Parry, William Morris Textiles (New York: Viking Press, 1983), 94.
• Doreen Booger Burke, et. al., In Pursuit of Beauty: Americans and the Aesthetic Movement, exh. cat. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986), 85, cat. 3.21.
• Linda Parry, William Morris and The Arts and Crafts Movement (New York: Portland House, 1989), pl. 81.
• Christa C. Mayer Thurman, Textiles in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1992), 104-5, 147.
• Pamela Todd, The Arts and Crafts Companion (New York: Bulfinch Press, 2004), 203.

The Horses of Anahita

Art Institute of Chicago

Hillside with Trees

Art Institute of Chicago

Mrs. William Morris Seated in Chair

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape

Art Institute of Chicago

Peacock and Dragon

Art Institute of Chicago

Cray

Art Institute of Chicago

The Fortune Teller

Art Institute of Chicago

Acanthus

Art Institute of Chicago

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