# Four Lengths of Woven Silk

- By: France
- Date: 1760s
- Medium: Silk, plain weave foundation with complementary patterning wefts and supplementary brocading wefts of silk and flat silver metal strips
- Classification: Textile
- Dimensions: 205.8 × 96.5 cm (81 × 38 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/26457)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/8f022e2f-5897-54c5-b8f4-6e15fea25194/full/!1920,1080/0/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)

Silk fabrics patterned on a loom formed the basis of much of men’s and women’s formal dress in the 18th century. Colors and patterns changed regularly; this design of small bouquets linked by ribbons was most popular in the mid-1760s. The color pink in all its shades was a perennial favorite of European women throughout the 18th century.

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