Kennet

Art Institute of Chicago

Kennet

Designed by William Morris (English, 1834–1896)LinkedCulture matchlcp-0ff1f0101033

Date
Design 1883, made 1887
Medium
Silk, satin weave with self-patterning ground wefts
Culture
England
Department
Textiles
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
37104

The Kennet pattern was originally made in three different techniques: woven silk, printed cotton, and printed velveteen. These two silk panels [1971.682a,b] are all that remains of floor-to-ceiling window curtains from the parlor of Glessner House on Prairie Avenue in Chicago.

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Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder
Provenance
Frances Glessner (1848-1932; born Sarah Frances Macbeth; also Mrs. John J. Glessner) and John J. Glessner (1843-1936), Chicago, from Apr. 16, 1887 [according to information provided by William Tyre, May 18, 2021, and correspondence from Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder, Aug. 18, 1977. Mrs. Glessner purchased at Marshall Field’s, Chicago, Apr. 16, 1887 and installed in parlor of Glessner House, Prairie Street, Chicago; recorded in Mrs. Glessner’s personal dairy and photographed c. 1890 in Glessner House]; by descent to their daughter, Frances 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 RX8257, Sept. 30, 1971; in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1971.

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