Museum Exhibition

Music and Movement: Rhythm in Textile Design

Art Institute of Chicago

May 18, 2018 – January 6, 2019

A wide range of textiles—from the 17th through the 20th century and from across the world—explore the various ways artists engage with, interpret, and express rhythm to create multisensory aesthetics.

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Exhibition artworks

Representative work

George Zipelius

Le Bal (The Costume Ball) (Furnishing Fabric)

1827/40

Cotton, plain weave; engraved-roller printed

47.4 × 54.8 cm (18 5/8 × 21 5/8 in.)

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Featured works

François Boucher

Psyche's Entrance into Cupid's Palace [right fragment] from the Story of Psyche

1756/63

Wool and silk; tapestry weave

170.2 × 357 cm (67 × 140 3/4 in.)

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Portugal or England

Needlework Panel

Late 17th century

Linen ground embroidered with silk and metal threads; attached pearls and mirrors

152.4 × 182.9 cm (60 × 72 in.)

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Philippe Wyngaert

Furnishing Fabric

1827-40

Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed

234 × 77.8 cm (92 1/8 × 30 5/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 66.7 cm (26 1/4 in.)

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Charles Percier

Panel

1804/15 or 1852/70

Linen, plain weave; cotton embroidery thread

52.7 × 68.1 cm (20 3/4 × 26 3/4 in.)

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England

Needlework Picture Depicting Orpheus Charming the Animals

first half of the 17th century

Linen plain weave embroidered in silk floss, silk chenille and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk; glass beads; applied braid

21 × 31 cm (8 1/4 × 12 3/16 in.)

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