# Length of Woven Silk

- By: France
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Walter Byron Smith
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/31143)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/015486a6-ddbc-3a72-12b7-50894a4ff909/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)

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.

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