Length of Woven Silk

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Textiles

Mid-1760s

France

Some of the most technically complex woven textiles include not only silk and metal-wrapped thread but also employ two colors of metal—gold and silver—to add variety to the textures that reflect the light in subtly different ways. During the 1760s, meandering floral ribbon patterns dominated the market.

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Department: Textiles

Title: Length of Woven Silk
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 1762–1768
Medium: Silk, plain weave foundation with supplementary patterning warps and supplementary patterning and brocading wefts of silk, gilt- and silvered-metal strips, wrapped and flat
Dimensions: 106.4 × 53.8 cm (41 7/8 × 21 1/8 in.); Repeat: 49.2 × 26.2 cm (19 3/8 × 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Walter Byron Smith
Reference Number: 1969.101
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Selected Works of 18th Century French Art in the Collection of The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1976), p. 206, no. 327, illus.

Art Institute of Chicago, Selected Works of Eighteenth Century French Art in the Collections of The Art Institute of Chicago, Jan. 24– Mar. 28, 1976.
Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, Fashion Items and Textiles Pertaining to Fashion, Apr. 29–July 16, 1978.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Flowering Silks: 18th Century Designs from the Permanent Collection—A Tribute to Mildred L. Davison (1901–1995), Jun. 14–Oct. 1, 1995.
Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gallery 66, Apr. 8–Aug. 30, 1999.
Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gallery 66, Sept. 11, 2003–Jan. 15, 2004.

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