Portière

Medium

Silk, warp-float faced twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; embroidered with gilt paper and gold-leafed-paper-strip-wrapped cotton and silk in satin and stem stitches; laid work, couching and French knots; fringe of gilt-paper-strip-wrapped cotton and silk, wrapped and braided; lined with silk, weft-float faced satin weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave

Dimensions

227 × 147.3 cm (85 1/2 × 58 in.)

Classification

textile

Department

Textiles

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

133635