Tapis (Ceremonial or Wedding Skirt)
1801–1900
- Medium
- Cotton, silk and gilt or silvered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; embroidered with back, surface satin, stem and trammed loop stitches; mica and mirrors
- Dimensions
- 126.6 × 143.5 cm (49 7/8 × 56 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
silk (fiber)costumeTextilepaper (fiber product)weaving