Art Institute of Chicago
Lotus
Design attributed to May Morris (English, 1862–1938)LinkedCulture matchlcp-ef0b1c01bc1d
- Date
- Design by 1888, made 1888
- Medium
- Silk, warp-float faced twill weave; embroidered in satin and stem stitches
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 74514
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Frances Glessner was an avid embroiderer and made a number of decorative textiles for her house on Prairie Avenue. This large panel, which was a door curtain or portiere, was one of four such curtains used in the parlor of the house. In a diary entry of November 17, 1888, she wrote, “My curtains came home from the Decorative Arts Society,” which makes it clear that the design was purchased from Morris & Co. but embroidered in Chicago by members of the Decorative Arts Society, probably supervised by Mrs. Glessner.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. John J. Glessner
- Provenance
- Frances Glessner (Mrs. John J. Glessner, born Sarah Frances Macbeth, 1848-1932), and John J. Glessner, Chicago,Ill., from around 1888 [according to correspondence from William Tyre dated May 18, 2011 in curatorial file and Mrs. Glessner’s personal dairy this was one of four 'curtains' received by her on Nov. 17, 1888; they were installed in east doors of the east doors of the parlor at Glessner House, Prairie Street, Chicago; photographed c. 1890 in situ; gift recorded in Day Book 8, p. 150]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1918.
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- Object type
- AAT300014063
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