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Fragment

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:3 'z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps, self-patterning complementary ground wefts, and supplementary brocading wefts; two fragments pieced.
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  • A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:3 'z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps, self-patterning complementary ground wefts, and supplementary brocading wefts; two fragments pieced.

Date:

1550/75

Artist:

Turkey

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Fragment

Place

Turkey (Object made in)

Date

Made 1550–1575

Medium

Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps, self-patterning complementary ground wefts, and supplementary brocading wefts; two fragments pieced

Dimensions

65.6 × 42.4 cm 25 7/8 × 16 5/8 in repeat: 61.7 × 36.4 cm 24 3/8 × 14 1/4 in

Credit Line

Art Institute of Chicago Purchase Fund

Reference Number

1907.365

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