Length of Woven Silk
Mid-1760s
- Medium
- Silk, plain weave foundation with supplementary patterning warps and supplementary patterning and brocading wefts of silk, gilt- and silvered-metal strips, wrapped and flat
- Classification
- Textile
- Dimensions
- 106.4 × 53.8 cm (41 7/8 × 21 1/8 in.); Repeat: 49.2 × 26.2 cm (19 3/8 × 10 1/4 in.)
- Culture
- France
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Textiles
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Walter Byron Smith
- 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
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
Some of the most technically complex woven textiles include not only silk and metal-wrapped thread but also employ two colors of metal—gold and silver—to add variety to the textures that reflect the light in subtly different ways. During the 1760s, meandering floral ribbon patterns dominated the market.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
