Panel
Late 15th century
Medium
Silk, plain weave variation with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk supplementary facing wefts forming weft loop pile in areas and supplementary pile warps forming cut pile-on-pile voided velvet
Dimensions
130.8 × 61.5 cm (51 1/2 × 24 1/4 in.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
180815
About the Artist
Unknown
The artist designated as "Unknown" in our virtual museum's collection exemplifies a poignant chapter in art history: creators whose identities have faded into obscurity despite the enduring power of their work. With only one known artwork attributed to them in our holdings, this figure represents countless anonymous hands that shaped visual culture across centuries. Museums worldwide, including th...