Fragment
| Title | Fragment |
|---|---|
| Artist | Republic of Türkiye |
| Date | 1550‒75 16th century |
| Medium | Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps, self-patterning complementary ground wefts, and supplementary brocading wefts; two fragments pieced |
| Classification | textile |
| Origin | Turkey Turkey |
| Holding institution | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Credit line | Art Institute of Chicago Purchase Fund |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
About this artwork
“Fragment” is a work by Republic of Türkiye, dated 1550‒75. It is executed in silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:3 'z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps, self-patterning complementary ground wefts, and supplementary brocading wefts; two fragments pieced and classified as textile. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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Catalogued as textile. See other public-domain works in the same medium, all free to download and reuse.
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Dated to 1550‒75. Explore the wider set of works from the 16th century held in the archive.
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Made available through the Art Institute of Chicago open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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