Provenance
Probably Edith Almy Adams (1865-1936), Chicago; by descent to her husband, Joseph Adams (died 1943), Chicago, from 1936 [incoming receipt R6304, June 11, 1937 and correspondence from donor; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1937.
Accession Number
24113
Medium
Silk, warp-float faced 2:1 'S' twill weave; embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk in knot, satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; sleeves: silk, weft-float faced 1:5 and warp-float faced 2:1 twill damask 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, plain weave; metal buttons
Dimensions
151.4 × 188 cm (59 1/2 × 74 in.)
Classification
textile
Credit Line
Gift of Joseph Adams in memory of Edith Almy Adams
