About this artwork
By the 1770s floral patterns had become smaller and were superimposed on striped backgrounds. More saturated colors also came into fashion.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Title
- Length of Woven Silk
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Place
- Lyon (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 1770–1775
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Medium
- Silk, warp-float faced 9:1 satin weave self-patterned by ground wefts
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Dimensions
- 92.8 × 52 cm (36 1/2 × 20 1/2 in.); Repeat: 18.4 × 17.2 cm (7 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment
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Reference Number
- 1984.96
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/102152/manifest.json
Extended information about this artwork
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