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Gold silk portière embroidered with pink, white and yellow flowers on trailing vines, with gilt scroll borders and a long fringe.

Portière

A gold-ochre silk portière hangs with embroidered garlands of pink, white and yellow flowers and green leaves, trailing vertically across the field. Pale gilt scrolls, dots and crescents frame the edges, ending in a long braided fringe at the bottom.

Artist
Anna G. Lyman
Date
1880/1900
Medium
Silk, warp-float faced twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; embroidered with gilt paper and gold-leafed-paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
843 × 1223 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1900).
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, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Bross

Español: Portière con guirnaldas de flores bordadas

Un portière de seda color ocre dorado muestra guirnaldas bordadas de flores rosas, blancas y amarillas con hojas verdes que se extienden verticalmente. Volutas, puntos y medias lunas doradas enmarcan los bordes y terminan en un largo fleco trenzado.

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Um portière de seda em tom ocre dourado exibe guirnaldas bordadas de flores rosa, brancas e amarelas com folhas verdes, que se estendem verticalmente. Volutas, pontos e meias-luas douradas emolduram as bordas e terminam em uma longa franja trançada.