id:			119624
accession number:	1940.474
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.474
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:41.563000

Length of Taffeta, 1774–93. France, Louis XVI (1774-1793) period. Silk: taffeta, warp-patterned and brocaded; overall: 58 x 56.5 cm (22 13/16 x 22 1/4 in.); mounted: 63.7 x 62.9 cm (25 1/16 x 24 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1940.474

title:				Length of Taffeta
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creation date:			1774–93
creation date earliest:		1774
creation date latest:		1793
current location:		202 French Neoclassical Decorative Arts
creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	France, Louis XVI (1774-1793) period
technique:	Silk: taffeta, warp-patterned and brocaded
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 58 x 56.5 cm (22 13/16 x 22 1/4 in.); Mounted: 63.7 x 62.9 cm (25 1/16 x 24 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		2000 Years of Silk Weaving
	opening date:   1944-01-09T05:00:00
	<i>2000 Years of Silk Weaving</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944).

	title:		In Pursuit of Fashion: Decorative Textiles in 18th Century France
	opening date:   1989-08-01T04:00:00
	<i>In Pursuit of Fashion: Decorative Textiles in 18th Century France</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 1, 1989-March 3, 1991).

	title:		Gallery 202 textile rotation
	opening date:   2017-05-08T04:00:00
	<i>Gallery 202 textile rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 8, 2017-May 7, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Gallery 202 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH (June 13, 2011-June 25, 2012).', 'opening_date': '2011-06-13T00:00:00'}

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William M., Henry S. Francis, Howard Hollis, Gertrude Underhill, Silvia A. Wunderlich, and Nell G. Sill. "The Bequest of James Parmelee." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 28, no. 2 (1941): 15-31.
	page number: 	p. 25
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25140904

	Los Angeles County Museum. 2000 Years of Silk Weaving: An Exhibition Sponsored by the Los Angeles County Museum in Collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts. 1944.
	page number: 	p. 28, no. 203
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	Weibel, Adèle Coulin. Two Thousand Years of Textiles; The Figured Textiles of Europe and the Near East. New York: Published for the Detroit Institute of Arts [by] Pantheon Books, 1952.
	page number: 	p. 157 no. 306
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