# Length of Woven Silk

- By: France or Italy
- Date: 1700–1705
- Medium: Silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, satin weave with brocading wefts and self-patterning ground wefts
- Classification: Textile
- Dimensions: 152.8 × 54.3 cm (60 1/8 × 21 3/8 in.); Repeat: 55.3 × 26.9 cm (22 × 10 5/8 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Purchased with proceeds from the Bonwit Teller Benefit
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/56115)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/46bde600-f2cc-afdd-7991-2d02638e1067/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)

Attenuated and stylized floral and leaf forms characterized European dress-silk patterns from about 1695 to 1715. They have become known as “bizarre” silks for their fantastical designs, an amalgamation of Indian, Turkish, and Japanese influences seen through European eyes.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0