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Panel (from a Dress)

A work made of silk, plain weave (creped); backed with cotton, plain weave; embroidered with rayon yarns and gilt metal strips wound around cotton cores in chain stitches (tambour work).

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  • A work made of silk, plain weave (creped); backed with cotton, plain weave; embroidered with rayon yarns and gilt metal strips wound around cotton cores in chain stitches (tambour work).

Date:

1920s

Artist:

France

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

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 1920–1929

Medium

Silk, plain weave (creped); backed with cotton, plain weave; embroidered with rayon yarns and gilt metal strips wound around cotton cores in chain stitches (tambour work)

Dimensions

206.1 × 133 cm (81 1/8 × 44 5/8 in.); Repeat: W.: 30.5 cm (12 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Ralph P. Youngren

Reference Number

1988.94

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