Length of Woven Silk
1762–1768
- Medium
- Silk, plain weave foundation with supplementary patterning warps and supplementary patterning and brocading wefts of silk, gilt- and silvered-metal strips, wrapped and flat
- Dimensions
- 106.4 × 53.8 cm (41 7/8 × 21 1/8 in.); Repeat: 49.2 × 26.2 cm (19 3/8 × 10 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- Weaving
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
floralflowersbrocadinggilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silkfloral motifssilk (textile)botanical/floralTextileweavingsilk18th Centuryplain weavinggarlandsribbon
About
Some of the most technically complex woven textiles include not only silk and metal-wrapped thread but also employ two colors of metal—gold and silver—to add variety to the textures that reflect the light in subtly different ways. During the 1760s, meandering floral ribbon patterns dominated the market.