Coverlet
David D. Haring
1834
Medium
Linen and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two loom widths joined
Dimensions
250 × 192.8 cm (98 3/8 × 75 7/8 in.)
Classification
weaving - coverlet
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
65072
About the Artist
David D. Haring · 1800–1889
David Daniel Haring (1800–1889) was born into a prominent Dutch-American family in the Tappan area of Rockland County, New York, the son of David A. Haring (1760–1801) and Maria Alyea (1775–1863). Descended from early immigrant Jan Haring (1633–1683), he grew up amid the tight-knit communities of Bergen County, New Jersey, and neighboring New York, where textile traditions thrived among Dutch desc...