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Panel (Dress Fabric)

A work made of silk and silver gilt strip wound around a silk fiber core, warp-float faced satin weave, self-patterned by ground weft bound in plain interlacing; watered (moiré).

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  • A work made of silk and silver gilt strip wound around a silk fiber core, warp-float faced satin weave, self-patterned by ground weft bound in plain interlacing; watered (moiré).

Date:

c. 1930s

Artist:

Designed by Bianchini Férier, founded 1888
France, Lyon

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Bianchini Férier (Designer)

Title

Panel (Dress Fabric)

Place

Lyon (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 1920–1950

Medium

Silk and silver gilt strip wound around a silk fiber core, warp-float faced satin weave, self-patterned by ground weft bound in plain interlacing; watered (moiré)

Dimensions

215.3 × 101.3 cm (84 7/8 × 39 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Mary Ann Judy Endowment

Reference Number

1987.20

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