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Village Fete (Saint George's Fair) from a Teniers series

Workshop of Gaspard (Jasper) van der Borcht

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Date
c. 1710
Medium
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 24 to 40 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; three yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.0 mm; silk: Z-ply of two yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–0.9 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.5–0.7 mm
Materials
wool (textile)
Dimensions
449.6 × 320.7 cm (177 × 126 1/4 in.)
Credit
Gift of Marshall Field and Company

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Workshop of Gaspard (Jasper) van der Borcht, Village Fete (Saint George's Fair) from a Teniers series, c. 1710, Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 24 to 40 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; three yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.0 mm; silk: Z-ply of two yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–0.9 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.5–0.7 mm, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

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Gift of Marshall Field and Company

Metadata sourced from Art Institute of Chicago open data collection

Image rights: Public Domain (CC0)