Panel
1860/80
Medium
Silk and cotton, twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut pile-on-pile voided velvet; band of partially uncut pile
Dimensions
262.8 × 71.2 cm (103 1/2 × 28 in.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
110679
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This velvet features a design with two different lengths of cut pile on a voided ground. At the bottom of this length, there is a band woven with the same material and in the same pattern, executed with cut and uncut velvet. The uncut loops look markedly different in comparison to the cut pile, a distinction that highlights the way in which designers and weavers of velvet can exploit and manipulate velvet piles to create subtle or dramatic effects.