Museum Exhibition

Catalogue of Works

Folk Art Textiles from the Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

7 documented works

Mexico

1855

Wool, plain weave; embroidered with wool in cross, running, double running, and stem stitches; three panels joined; two selvages present

236.8 × 176.7 cm (93 1/4 × 69 1/2 in.)

Mexico, possibly Saltillo

1750/1800

Cotton and wool, slit and single dovetail tapestry weave

232.4 × 136.6 cm (91 3/8 × 53 3/4 in.)

Navajo (Diné)

1880/1900

Cotton and wool, single interlocking tapestry weave; twined selvages and heading, overcast finish terminating in tassels

214.5 × 155.7 cm (84 1/2 × 61 1/4 in.)

Mexico, possibly Saltillo

1750/1800

Cotton and wool, single dovetail tapestry weave; neck edge tapes of cotton, plain weave

172.4 × 83.1 cm (67 7/8 × 32 3/4 in.)

Mexico, possibly Saltillo

1850/1900

Cotton and wool, single dovetail tapestry weave

213.3 × 107.8 cm (84 × 42 1/2 in.)

Germany or Czechoslovakia

1875/1900

Cotton and wool, plain weave; painted; attached knotted fringe

222.8 × 122 cm (87 7/8 × 48 in.)

Mapuche

1850/1900

Wool, plain weave with stripes of two-color complementary warp weave; embroidered with wool in twined double running stitches; plied warp fringe

162.6 × 156.8 cm (64 × 61 3/4 in.)