Date
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Silk, linen, and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, weft-faced three-color complementary weft twill weave with inner warps
Dimensions
14.5 × 24.5 cm (5 3/4 × 9 5/8 in.); Weft repeat: H.: 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Martin A. Ryerson through the Antiquarian Society
Reference Number
1916.377
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The Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago, A Pictorial Review of Notable Objects in its Collections. Chicago, 1951. Plate 249, p. 190.
B.B., “Fragments of Old Brocades,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, XI, no.2, February 1917, p. 269.
Mayer, Christa Charlotte. Masterpieces of Western Textiles from The Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1969. Plate 23, p. 42.
Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpieces of Western Textiles, Jan. 25–Mar. 2, 1969.
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago: The First One Hundred Years, April 23–June 19, 1977
The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, Vestments and Liturgical Textiles from the Permanent Collection, July 27–October 9, 1983
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, European Textile Masterpieces from Coptic Times through the 19th Century, September 27, 1989–January 22, 1990
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, A Birthday Celebration:100 Years of Antiquarian Society Textile Collecting 1890–1990, September 11–February 17, 1992
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