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Centennial Jacquard Coverlet: Memorial Hall

Made in Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

c. 1876

Artist/maker unknown, American

Jacquard-woven tied Beiderwand weave: cotton warp and weft with supplementary cotton tie-down warp and wool supplementary weft; wool weft fringe and wool and cotton applied fringe
83 3/4 x 79 1/2 inches (212.7 x 201.9 cm)

Currently not on view

1939-44-1

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Burroughs Cooke, 1939

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  • PublicationThe Fine Art of Textiles

    This coverlet features Memorial Hall, the site of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 and the first home of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Dilys E. Blum, from The Fine Art of Textiles: The Collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1997), p. 105.