About this artwork
Delicate pale green irises climb up the ivory ground of this dress panel. As with the velvet to the immediate right, the floral and foliate elements here are made of cut velvet, silhouetted by the contrasting color of the ground fabric. The plush velvet design rising from the smooth ground creates a play between pattern and texture, an effect also apparent in the velvet cityscape to the far right.
—Modern Velvet: A Sense of Luxury in the Age of Industry, Oct 21, 2016-Mar 19, 2017, Galleries 57-59
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Artist
- Charles Frederick Worth (Designer)
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Title
- Panel (from a Dress)
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Place
- France (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 1875–1925
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Medium
- Silk, satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, voided velvet
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Dimensions
- 144.8 × 103.5 cm (57 × 40 3/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Arthur W. Schultz
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Reference Number
- 1986.49
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