Length of Woven Silk, by France, Lyon, 1770-75
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Length of Woven Silk

France, Lyon

1770-75

Medium
Silk, warp-float faced 9:1 satin weave self-patterned by ground wefts
Classification
Textile
Dimensions
92.8 × 52 cm (36 1/2 × 20 1/2 in.); Repeat: 18.4 × 17.2 cm (7 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
Culture
Lyon
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Textiles
Credit line
Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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About this work

By the 1770s floral patterns had become smaller and were superimposed on striped backgrounds. More saturated colors also came into fashion.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0