Hanging

Provenance

J. Chase Gilmore, Chicago, by May 1975 [permanent receipt RX10205, May 8, 1975; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1975.

Hanging

Ernest Boiceau

1920/25

Accession Number

49647

Medium

Linen, wool, silk and gilt-strip on silk core; weft-float faced reversed twill weave; with areas of uncut pile formed by hooking; signature embroidered in "chain" stitches covered with wrapping yarns of gilt-strip on silk core and wool

Dimensions

92.9 × 224.2 cm (36 1/2 × 88 1/4 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of J. Chase Gilmore