Portrait of Czar Alexander I, woven silk

A sepia jacquard-woven silk portrait of a man with swept-back dark hair, side whiskers and a mustache, wearing a dark high-collared military uniform with fringed epaulettes, a sash and a star-shaped order. He turns his head to the left against a pale cloudy sky, with a Cyrillic inscription beneath the bust and frayed woven edges around the textile.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1843

Medium

Medium: silk Technique: jacquard woven Label: jacquard woven silk

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3000 × 3000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum