Panel
Early 18th century
Medium
Silk, gilt-metal strip, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk (filé and frisé), plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and brocading wefts and weft-float faced interlacing of secondary binding warps and some supplementary brocading wefts
Dimensions
109.7 × 54.5 cm (43 1/4 × 21 1/2 in.); Repeat: 43.8 × 26.5 cm (17 1/4 × 10 1/2 in.)
Classification
weaving
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
255962
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...