Caesar in the Gallic Wars from The Story of Caesar and 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 four Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 36 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm; silk: three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 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: 0.7–0.9 mm
- Dimensions
- 505.3 × 361.9 cm (199 × 142 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- Weaving - tapestry
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
wool (textile)slit tapestry weavingweaving - tapestrytapestry weavingTextile
