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Silk, satin weave with twill interlacings of brocading and some self-patterning ground wefts and plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and some self-patterning ground wefts
Dimensions
106.6 × 54.3 cm (42 × 21 3/8 in.); Repeat: 41 × 26.7 cm (16 1/8 × 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland
Reference Number
1955.809
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Allen Wardwell, “Continental Decorative Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago.” Antiques, vol. XCII, no. 4 (Oct. 1967): 508-523 (ill.).
Christa Charlotte Mayer, Masterpieces of Western Textiles, exh. cat. (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1969), 103, pl. 78.
Selected Works of 18th Century French Art in the Collection of The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1976), 204-5, no. 324.
Christa C. Mayer Thurman, Textiles in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992), 86, 146.
Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpieces of Western Textiles, Jan. 25–Mar. 2, 1969.
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, Fashion Items and Textiles Pertaining to Fashion, Apr. 29–July 16, 1978.
Art Institute of Chicago, European Decorative Arts, Gallery E, Aug. 1988-Mar. 20, 1989.
Art Institute of Chicago, European Decorative Arts,
Gallery 66, European Textile Masterpieces from Coptic Times through the 19th Century, Sept. 27, 1989–Jan. 22, 1990.
Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 66, European Decorative Arts, Dec. 17, 1992-June 3, 1993.
Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 66, European Decorative Arts, Jan. 6- May 31, 1995.
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), June 14–Oct. 1, 1995.
Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 66, European Decorative Arts, Jan. 21-Apr. 21, 1998.
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