Art Institute of Chicago

Four Lengths of Woven Silk

France

Date

1760s

Medium

Silk, plain weave foundation with complementary patterning wefts and supplementary brocading wefts of silk and flat silver metal strips

Culture

France

Department

Textiles

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

Silk fabrics patterned on a loom formed the basis of much of men’s and women’s formal dress in the 18th century. Colors and patterns changed regularly; this design of small bouquets linked by ribbons was most popular in the mid-1760s. The color pink in all its shades was a perennial favorite of European women throughout the 18th century.

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