Art Institute of Chicago

Panel

Produced by Mathevon et Bouvard, 1810–1895

Date

1860/80

Medium

Silk and cotton, twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut pile-on-pile voided velvet; band of partially uncut pile

Culture

Lyon

Department

Textiles

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

This velvet features a design with two different lengths of cut pile on a voided ground. At the bottom of this length, there is a band woven with the same material and in the same pattern, executed with cut and uncut velvet. The uncut loops look markedly different in comparison to the cut pile, a distinction that highlights the way in which designers and weavers of velvet can exploit and manipulate velvet piles to create subtle or dramatic effects.

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