Fragment

Textiles

16th century

Italy

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Fragment
Place: Italy (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 1501–1600
Medium: Silk and gilt-metal strips, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound by main warps in plain interlacing
Dimensions: 78.4 × 57.8 cm (30 7/8 × 22 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. John V. Farwell III
Reference Number: 1973.308
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Christa C. Mayer Thurman, Textiles in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1992), 24-25, 143.

Art Institute of Chicago, Selected Textile Acquisitions since 1973, Dec. 15, 1977-Mar. 26, 1978.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney Textile Gallery, European Textile Masterpieces from Coptic Times through the 19th Century, Sept. 27, 1989–Jan. 22, 1990.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Textile Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago’s Collection, Feb. 17–May 2, 1993.
Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gunsaulus Hall, Sept. 16, 1997–Feb. 4, 1998.
Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gunsaulus Hall West Wall, Feb. 14–July 25, 2001.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Renaissance Velvets and Silks, Dec. 18, 2002–Apr. 13, 2003.

Lowei-Robertson, Los Angeles, CA, by May 4, 1992 [Invoice memo, item no. 15276, May 4, 1972; invoice, Dec. 7, 1972; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1973

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