Art Institute of Chicago

Panel

Produced by Mathevon et Bouvard, 1810–1895

Date

1860/80

Medium

Silk, satin weave with multi-color supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet

Culture

Lyon

Department

Textiles

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

This 19th-century velvet demonstrates the fashion for historical furnishings. The silk textile firm of Mathevon and Bouvard produced these velvets using designs and patterns from earlier eras. In comparing this particular design to this smaller and earlier example (1945.156) , similarities in color palette as well as pattern become apparent. Anxieties about the inferiority of modern manufacturing contributed to the popularity of textiles such as these, in which works from the past seem to have been replicated.

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