Petticoat Panel
1730-50
- Medium
- Silk, weft-ribbed plain weave; embroidered with silk yarns in satin, single satin, split, stem and surface satin stitches; French knots
- Classification
- Costume and Accessories
- Dimensions
- 98 × 130.7 cm (38 5/8 × 51 3/8 in.)
- Culture
- England
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Textiles
- Credit line
- Elizabeth M. Schultz Endowment
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
European fascination with East Asia manifested itself in a style now known as chinoiserie. Although the name implies a connection with China, in fact it applies to suggestions of any Asian cultures—for example, the tiny palm tree in the embroidered decoration on this petticoat or skirt panel.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
