About This Artwork

Designed by Philippe de LaSalle
French, 1723–1803/5
France, Lyon

Panel, c. 1770

Silk, satin weave with brocading wefts and plain interlacing of secondary binding warps and self-patterning ground wefts
205.1 x 54.2 cm (80 3/4 x 21 1/4 in.)
Point repeat: 57.8 cm (22 3/4 in.)
Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment, 1983.736

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Flowering Silks: 18th Century Designs from the Permanent Collection - A Tribute to Mildred L. Davison (1901–1995)," June 14–October 1, 1995




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