Panel
1890s
Medium
Cotton, silk, wild silk and gilt-metal-strip wrapped cotton, double faced weave of two sets of complimentary warp and weft forming detached layers of interlacing in areas of plain weave over weft-float faced 1:2 's' twill weave and weft-float faced 1:4 satin weave over plain weave and single layer areas of plain weave with paired warps and wefts and with supplementary patterning wefts bound in a weft-float faced 1:3 's' twill interlacings and self-patterned by ground weft floats; edged with cotton, silk and gilt-metal-strip wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts
Dimensions
186.3 × 122.2 cm (73 3/8 × 48 1/8 in.); Repeat: 31.1 × 31.1 cm (12 1/4 × 12 1/4 in.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
157296
About the Artist
Unknown
The artist designated as "Unknown" in our virtual museum's collection exemplifies a poignant chapter in art history: creators whose identities have faded into obscurity despite the enduring power of their work. With only one known artwork attributed to them in our holdings, this figure represents countless anonymous hands that shaped visual culture across centuries. Museums worldwide, including th...