Silk Textile Panel with Floral and Scrolling Pattern, c. 1720
A tall vertical textile panel woven in silk with metallic thread, showing a repeating design of stylized flowers, leaves and undulating scrolls in muted blue, green, pink and gold tones. Symmetrical lobed medallions sit at top, center and bottom, framed by a lighter ground.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1720
- Medium
- Silk, gold and silver gilt strips wound around silk fiber core, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts tied by
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 843 × 1076 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1725).
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Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Timothy B. Blackstone, Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes, Mrs. E. T. Watkins, Mrs. Orrin W. Potter, Mrs. M. M. Ludington, Mrs. Samuel M. Nickerson, Martin A. Ryerson and Charles L. Hutchinson through the Antiquarian Society