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Hanging by Ernest Boiceau — VisualArtsDB

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1920–1925

Medium: Linen, wool, silk and gilt-strip on silk core; weft-float faced reversed twill weave; with areas of uncut pile formed by hooking; signature embroidered in "chain" stitches covered with wrapping yarns of gilt-strip on silk core and wool
Dimensions: 92.9 × 224.2 cm (36 1/2 × 88 1/4 in.)
Genre: textile
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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silk (fiber)ModernismArt Decoeuropeanneedlework (visual works)Textile