Cleopatra Enjoys Herself at Sea from The Story of Cleopatra
Willem van Leefdael
1675–1685
- Medium
- Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.9 mm Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 44 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two and three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm; silk: three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm
- Dimensions
- 392.4 × 359.6 cm (154 1/2 × 141 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- Weaving - tapestry
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
wool (textile)slit tapestry weavingweaving - tapestrytapestry weavingTextile
