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Panel (from a Dress)

A work made of silk, satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, voided velvet.

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  • A work made of silk, satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, voided velvet.

Date:

1875/1925

Artist:

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

About this artwork

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

Extended information about this artwork

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