Harry Tyler (American). Coverlet. 1835. wool and cotton, hand woven with jacquard attachment. Neusteter Textile Collection: Gift of Barbara Poytress Dallow and Earl F. Poytress in honor of Barbara Poytress Guidera. 2011.353.

length: 90 in, 228.6000 cm; width: 86 in, 218.4400 cm

Avenir Institute of Textile Arts and Fashion

Textile Arts and Fashion-American

Harry Tyler built his own looms, drew most of his own designs, and, with help from his family, dyed the yarn for his coverlets. His known works date between 1834 and 1858, so this 1835 coverlet is an early example. The date and his trademark lion appear in the bottom corner squares, with the initials of the coverlet’s owner on the lion’s chest. Each year Tyler changed some element of the pattern or a detail of his lion logo.

Inherited by Barbara Poytress Dallow [Fort Collins, CO, b. 1948] from her mother; gifted December 2011 by Barbara Poytress Dallow by the Denver Art Museum

• "Cover Story," May 17, 2013 - April 27, 2014 (DAM)