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Portière

George Washington Maher

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Artist
George Washington Maher
Date
1901
Medium
Cotton and silk, plain weave with pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliquéd with silk and cotton, satin damask weave; linen and gilt-strip-wrapped linen satin weave; cotton and silk plain weaves; embroidered with silk, cotton, linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen threads
Materials
silk (fiber)
Dimensions
204.1 × 119 cm (80 3/8 × 46 7/8 in.)
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society

Exhibition history

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Silk, satin weave with multi-color supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet

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Panel

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Cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; stenciled

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Fragment

Fragment

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Cotton and wool, plain weave with multi-color supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet

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Cite this work

George Washington Maher, Portière, 1901, Cotton and silk, plain weave with pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliquéd with silk and cotton, satin damask weave; linen and gilt-strip-wrapped linen satin weave; cotton and silk plain weaves; embroidered with silk, cotton, linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen threads, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

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Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society

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