Panel (Dress Fabric)
c. 1726/28
Medium
Silk and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave of two-color complementary ground wefts with supplementary brocading wefts bound in twill interlacing, supplemenatry binding warps tying some self-patterning ground wefts in plain interlacing, and self patterned by areas of twill interlacing
Dimensions
106.2 × 254.4 cm (41 7/8 × 100 1/8 in.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
57189
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...