Long Shawl

France or Scotland · 1850/55 · Art Institute of Chicago

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Maker: France or Scotland
Date: 1850/55
Medium: Wool and silk, warp threads dyed in multiple colors prior to weaving; center of weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill weave; patterned areas of weft-float faced 1:3 twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings over warp-float faced twill weave; "Harlequin" tabs of wool, silk, and cotton, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings; knotted warp fringet; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment
Dimensions: 349 × 168 cm (137 3/8 × 66 1/8 in.)
Place of origin: Scotland
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Gift of Virginia Pond

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

France or Scotland · 1850/55 · Art Institute of Chicago

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

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Maker: France or Scotland
Date: 1850/55
Medium: Wool and silk, warp threads dyed in multiple colors prior to weaving; center of weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill weave; patterned areas of weft-float faced 1:3 twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings over warp-float faced twill weave; "Harlequin" tabs of wool, silk, and cotton, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings; knotted warp fringet; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment
Dimensions: 349 × 168 cm (137 3/8 × 66 1/8 in.)
Place of origin: Scotland
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Gift of Virginia Pond

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0