Panel
1860/80
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.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
73196
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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 b...