# Length of Woven Silk

- By: France, Lyon
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/102152)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/906c43a4-ef3e-1df3-5afe-fccd5cd6b064/full/843,/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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