Panel (Dress Fabric)
1775–1780
- Medium
- Silk, plain weave with silvered-metal-strip-wrapped with silk supplementary facing wefts; embroidered with silk and silvered-metal-strip and wire purl in satin stitches; couching; embellished with silvered and colored metal spangles; semiprecious stones
- Dimensions
- 61.4 × 46 cm (24 1/8 × 18 1/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 6.5 cm (2 1/2 in.); Matted: 71.1 × 91.4 cm (28 × 36 in.)
- Genre
- Textiles
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
embellishedsilk (fiber)flowerssequingilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silksilvered-metal-strip-wrapped silkneedlework (visual works)Textileplain weaving