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Tablecloth

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered in silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped fiber in antique seam, buttonhole, cross, detached buttonhole, plaited braid, speckling, stem, and whipped running stitch.

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  • A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered in silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped fiber in antique seam, buttonhole, cross, detached buttonhole, plaited braid, speckling, stem, and whipped running stitch.

Date:

1900/25

Artist:

Produced by Gallagher and Ascher
Austria

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Gallagher and Ascher (Producer)

Title

Tablecloth

Place

Austria (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 1900–1925

Medium

Linen, plain weave; embroidered in silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped fiber in antique seam, buttonhole, cross, detached buttonhole, plaited braid, speckling, stem, and whipped running stitch

Dimensions

182.9 × 182.9 cm (72 × 72 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Robert Allerton

Reference Number

1925.373

Extended information about this artwork

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