Large Syringa

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Maker: Designed by Edward William Godwin (English, 1833–1886), Produced by Warner & Sons Ltd., England, London
Date: c. 1874
Medium: Silk, satin weave, self-patterned by reversing of faces; edged with cotton and silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; and silk and cotton, braid of plain weave with extended weft loops
Dimensions: 334.3 × 182.7 cm (131 1/2 × 72 in.)
Place of origin: London
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

Adjust the guideNew to it · Medium

The museum has published too little about this work for a guide to be written.

Maker: Designed by Edward William Godwin (English, 1833–1886), Produced by Warner & Sons Ltd., England, London
Date: c. 1874
Medium: Silk, satin weave, self-patterned by reversing of faces; edged with cotton and silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; and silk and cotton, braid of plain weave with extended weft loops
Dimensions: 334.3 × 182.7 cm (131 1/2 × 72 in.)
Place of origin: London
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0