# Length of Woven Silk

- By: England or Netherlands
- Date: 1720s
- Medium: Silk, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts and 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary brocading wefts
- Classification: Textile
- Dimensions: 93.3 × 41.2 cm (36 3/4 × 16 1/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 42 cm (16 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Netherlands
- Credit line: Belle M. Borland Endowment
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/153631)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/9d10b662-9626-49af-10aa-a3107e99c959/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)

Many of the woven silk textiles of the 1720s contain lace-like details such as those on this example, in which delicate patterns fill the petals and leaves, which surround stylized flowers. The colors employed reflect a knowledge of Persian textiles, subtle to modern eyes but apparent to 18th-century viewers.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0