Panel (from a Dress)

Textiles

1875/1925

Possibly designed by Charles Frederick Worth (French, 1825-1895)
House of Worth, (1858-1956)
Possibly Lyon, France

Delicate pale green irises climb up the ivory ground of this dress panel. The floral and foliate elements here are made of cut velvet, silhouetted by the contrasting color of the ground fabric. The plush velvet design rising from the smooth ground creates a play between pattern and texture, an effect also apparent in this velvet cityscape (1991.593).

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Charles Frederick Worth (Designer)
Title: Panel (from a Dress)
Place: France (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1875–1925
Medium: Silk, satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, voided velvet
Dimensions: 144.8 × 103.5 cm (57 × 40 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Arthur W. Schultz
Reference Number: 1986.49

Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Modern Velvet: A Sense of Luxury in the Age of Industry, October 21, 2016-March 19, 2017
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift, Bequest and Purchase- A Selection of Textile Acquisitions from 1982-1987, March 18- August 14, 1989

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