Length of Woven Silk
1700–1705
- Medium
- Silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, satin weave with brocading wefts and self-patterning ground wefts
- Dimensions
- 152.8 × 54.3 cm (60 1/8 × 21 3/8 in.); Repeat: 55.3 × 26.9 cm (22 × 10 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- Weaving
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
"bizarre" stylefloralgilt-metal-strip-wrapped silkflowersbrocadingsilvered-metal-strip-wrapped silkfloral motifsabstract shapessilk (textile)satin weavingTextilefoliageweavingsilk18th Centurygold (color)garlands
About
Attenuated and stylized floral and leaf forms characterized European dress-silk patterns from about 1695 to 1715. They have become known as “bizarre” silks for their fantastical designs, an amalgamation of Indian, Turkish, and Japanese influences seen through European eyes.