Fragment
| Title | Fragment |
|---|---|
| Artist | England, Spitalfields |
| Date | C. 1740/42 18th century |
| Medium | Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts tied by supplementary binding warps in a weft-float faced 3:1 twill interlacing |
| Classification | textile |
| Origin | England England |
| Holding institution | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Credit line | Gift of Mrs. A. Watson Armour, III |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
About this artwork
“Fragment” is a work by England, Spitalfields, dated C. 1740/42. It is executed in silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts tied by supplementary binding warps in a weft-float faced 3:1 twill interlacing 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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