Provenance
Mrs. Clayton W. Miller, Chicago, by May 1946 [on loan to the AIC as 33.1946, incoming receipt R8646, May 9, 1946; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1946.
Accession Number
55848
Medium
Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details; trimmed with cords of gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk couched with silk; sleeves: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave; edging and closures: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 5:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, 4:1 satin damask weave; cuffs lined with silk, 4:1 satin weave; metal buttons
Dimensions
146.3 × 195.2 cm (57 5/8 × 76 3/4 in.)
Classification
textile
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Clayton W. Miller
