Prestige cloth

INV-2733

Late 19th century

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Date

Late 19th century

Medium

Strip weave hand spun white and indigo dyed cotton with supplementary weft float and tapestry weave motifs in colored mill spun cotton, made up of ten strips each 13.3 cm (5 1⁄4 in.) width

Dimensions

Excluding fringe: 236.3 × 137.2 cm (93 × 54 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Margaret W. and John V. Farwell III Endowment Fund

Also notable

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Frontispiece for Engravers of the 19th Century

Felix Bracquemond French, 1833–1914