Design for a Woven, Printed, or Embroidered Dress or Skirt Border

Textiles

First half of the 19th century

Probably France

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Design for a Woven, Printed, or Embroidered Dress or Skirt Border
Place: France (Object Probably made in)
Date: Made 1800–1850
Medium: Opaque and translucent watercolor over graphite on cream and green laid paper, pieced
Dimensions: 25.2 × 36.6 cm (9 7/8 × 14 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. John V. Farwell III
Reference Number: 1984.1022
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Art Institute of Chicago, Textile Paper Designs, Sample and Pattern Books, Woodblocks and Tools from the Permanent Collection, July 7-Dec. 31, 1984.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Fabricating Fashion, Aug. 20, 2022–Jan. 2, 2023, no. cat.

Elinor Merrell (died 1993), Elinor Merrell Antiques, New York, by 1984 [invoice, Nov. 9, 1984 and incoming permanent receipt RX15121, Nov. 21, 1984; copies in curatorial object file, Textiles Department]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1984.

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