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Silk, warp-float face broken 3:1 twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut pile-on-pile solid velvet
Dimensions
63.8 × 67.8 cm (25 1/8 × 26 5/8 in.); Weft repeat: H.: 33.3 cm (13 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne
Reference Number
1939.538
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Sumptuous Velvets from the Permanent Collection, March 1–June 1, 1980
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Renaissance Velvets and Silks, December 18, 2002–April 13, 2003
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