Panel

Textiles

1860/80

Produced by Mathevon et Bouvard, 1810–1895
France, Lyon

This 19th-century velvet demonstrates the fashion for historical furnishings. The silk textile firm of Mathevon and Bouvard produced these velvets using designs and patterns from earlier eras. In comparing this particular design to the smaller and earlier example to the right, similarities in color palette as well as pattern become apparent. Anxieties about the inferiority of modern manufacturing contributed to the popularity of textiles such as these, in which works from the past seem to have been replicated.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Mathevon et Bouvard (Producer)
Title: Panel
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 1860–1880
Medium: Silk and cotton, satin weave with multi-color supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet
Dimensions: 158.9 × 65.8 cm (62 5/8 × 25 7/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 130 cm (51 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society
Reference Number: 1988.536
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Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, 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, A Birthday Celebration: 100 Years of Antiquarian Society Textile Collecting 1890–1990, Sept. 11–Feb. 17, 1992.
Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gallery 61, Feb. 1–Aug. 2, 2000.
Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Textiles, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Modern Velvet: A Sense of Luxury in the Age of Industry, Oct. 21, 2016–Mar. 19, 2017.

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