Fragment of a Decorative Border

Provenance

Pablo Soldi, Ica, Peru, by June 14, 1956 [incoming receipt RX1914, June 14, 1956, sent care of Rudolfo Byrne, Brooklyn, NY; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1956.

Fragment of a Decorative Border

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100 BCE-200 CE

Accession Number

3000

Medium

Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with wool (camelid) in cross-knit loop stitches; extensions in buttonhole stitches overworked with cross-knit loop stitches

Dimensions

11.4 × 6.7 cm (4 1/2 × 2 5/8 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland

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