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Panel (Showing Symbols of the Four Seasons)
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Panel (Showing Symbols of the Four Seasons)

France · 17th century · Silk, satin weave self-patterned by reversing of faces; embroidered with silk floss, gold and silver gilt strips wound around silk fiber cores, in cross, running, satin, padded satin and split stitches; French knots; couching and laidwork

From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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silk (textile)satin weavingfashiontextileneedlework (visual works)couching (embroidering)embroideringknottinglaid work
Credit linePanel (Showing Symbols of the Four Seasons). 17th century. France. The Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by the Needlework and Textile Guild and the Frances Glessner Lee Foundation. CC0.
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