Portière
Anna G. Lyman
1880–1900
- Medium
- Silk, warp-float faced twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; embroidered with gilt paper and gold-leafed-paper-strip-wrapped cotton and silk in satin and stem stitches; laid work, couching and French knots; fringe of gilt-paper-strip-wrapped cotton and silk, wrapped and braided; lined with silk, weft-float faced satin weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave
- Dimensions
- 227 × 147.3 cm (85 1/2 × 58 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
flowersChicagotwill weavingsilk (textile)needlework (visual works)Textileweaving - velvetpaper (fiber product)couching (embroidering)embroideringgarlands