Panel
Late 1720s
Medium
Silk, silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced satin 7:1 weave of two-color complementary ground wefts with supplementary binding warps tying supplementary brocading wefts and some self-patterning ground wefts in twill interlacing, and self-patterned by areas of plain interlacing
Dimensions
178 × 100.6 cm (70 × 39 5/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 61 cm (24 in.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
86407
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...