Panel (Dress Fabric)
c. 1718/19
Medium
Silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with secondary binding warps tying supplementary patterning wefts, supplementary brocading wefts, and self-patterning ground wefts in 3:1 and 2:2 twill interlacing
Dimensions
247.5 × 52.3 cm (97 3/8 × 20 5/8 in.); Repeat: 69.5 × 25.6 cm (27 3/8 × 10 in.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
52169
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...