Art Institute of Chicago

Length of Woven Silk

France or Italy

Date

1700–1705

Medium

Silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, satin weave with brocading wefts and self-patterning ground wefts

Culture

France

Department

Textiles

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

Attenuated and stylized floral and leaf forms characterized European dress-silk patterns from about 1695 to 1715. They have become known as “bizarre” silks for their fantastical designs, an amalgamation of Indian, Turkish, and Japanese influences seen through European eyes.

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