Fragment
| Title | Fragment |
|---|---|
| Artist | France |
| Date | c. 1712/15 18th century |
| Medium | Silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with secondary binding warps tying supplementary brocading wefts and two-color complementary ground wefts in twill interlacings |
| Classification | textile |
| Origin | France France |
| Holding institution | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Credit line | Gift of Martin A. Ryerson through the Antiquarian Society |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
About this artwork
“Fragment” is a work by France, dated c. 1712/15. It is executed in silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with secondary binding warps tying supplementary brocading wefts and two-color complementary ground wefts in twill interlacings 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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Made available through the Art Institute of Chicago open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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