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Portière

Anna G. Lyman

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork Details

Date
1880/1900
Medium
Silk, warp-float faced twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; embroidered with gilt paper and gold-leafed-paper-strip-wrapped cotton and silk in satin and stem stitches; laid work, couching and French knots; fringe of gilt-paper-strip-wrapped cotton and silk, wrapped and braided; lined with silk, weft-float faced satin weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave
Culture
Chicago
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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