About This Artwork

Possibly designed by Anna G. Lyman
American, active 1880/1900
Executed by Associated Artists, 1833–1907
United States, Illinois, Chicago

Portière possibly from the Potter Palmer Mansion, Chicago, Illinois, 1880/1900

Silk, warp-float faced twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; embroidered with gilt paper and gold-leafed-paper-strip-wrapped cotton and silk in satin and stem stitches; laid work, couching and French knots; fringe of gilt-paper-strip-wrapped cotton and silk, wrapped and braided; lined with silk, weft-float faced satin weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave
227 x 147.3 cm (85 1/2 x 58 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Bross, 1994.296