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Carpet from the Francis W. Little House, Peoria, Illinois

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Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Carpet from the Francis W. Little House, Peoria, Illinois
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Carpet from the Francis W. Little House, Peoria, Illinois

Artist (1867 - 1959)
Date1903
MediumWool
Dimensions93 in. × 83 in. × 1/2 in. (236.2 × 210.8 × 1.3 cm)
ClassificationsTextile
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Charles R. Bronfman and Bernard Goldberg, 2021.31
Accession number 2021.31
DescriptionHand-knotted wool on a cotton foundation, having a stained glass-inspired design with a stylized tree-of-life repeat in dusty rose, coral, and light green
all on an olive field
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceFrank Foster, Peoria, IL; by descent to his son; (Treadway Toomey Auctions, Oak Park, IL), 2000; (Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts, New York, NY); to Charles Bronfman, Palm Beach, FL and Bernard Goldberg, New York, NY; given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2021