Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis)
19th century
Two panels joined: cotton and silk, warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave; embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton, cotton, gilt-metal coils, gilt-metal wire wrapped cotton ,gilt-metal-strip wrapped cotton and gilt-metal spangles in running stitches; laidwork, couching, and padded couching
114.5 × 122 cm (45.1 × 48 in)
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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026
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