Skirt Panel?
Directoire period, 1795/99
Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and self patterning ground weft floats; embroidered with silk threads in satin stitch, outline stitch and French knots; attached silver wire coils, wrapped around a silk fiber core, sequins, stones and appliquéd circles of silk, satin weave, painted
115 × 63 cm (45.3 × 24.8 in)
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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026
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