Royal Pheasants

Textiles

1980

Fon
Abomey, Republic of Benin

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Culture: Fon
Title: Royal Pheasants
Place: Benin (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 1980
Medium: Cotton, plain weave; appliquéd with cotton and rayon, plain weaves; embroidered with cotton in chain, detached chain, flat, and stem stitches; couching; borders of wool felt and cotton, plain weaves; backed with wool, plain weave
Dimensions: 121.2 × 147.8 cm (47 3/4 × 58 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Nancy and Robert D. Barton
Reference Number: 1996.500

Nancy Hemenway Barton and Robert D. Barton [Textile Arts Foundation], West Southport, ME, by Aug. 21, 1996 [correspondence, Aug. 21, 1996; incoming receipt RX21321, Sept. 4, 1996; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1996.

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