Crewel Work Curtain

Textiles

early 18th century

English

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Crewel Work Curtain
Place: England (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1700–1750
Medium: Cotton and linen twill weave; wool embroidery
Dimensions: 189.9 × 128.3 cm (74 3/4 × 50 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by the Textile Society in memory of John H. Bryan, Jr.
Reference Number: 2019.786
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Cora Ginsburg: Costume & Textiles, Needlework: a catalogue of exquisite and rare works of art including 17th to 20th century costume textiles & needlework, Winter, 2004, 12-13.

A. Arditti, London by 1966 [Grosvenor House Fair June 8-23, 1966 advertisement in curatorial object file]; sold to Cora Ginsburg (1912-2003), New York, by 1979 [exhibited in “A Schole House for the Needle,” Benjamin Ginsburg Antiquary, New York, 1979, no cat.]; sold, Sotheby’s, London, November 26, 2003, lot 173, to Titi Halle, New York, and Henry Ginsburg (1940-2007); sold, Cora Ginsburg LLC, New York, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019.

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