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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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