Medium: silk Technique: predominantly warp-faced plain weave (white) with a continuous supplementary weft (black), variously bound on the front, which on the back outside the picture is bound as plain weave
Dimensions:
Warp x Weft: 26 x 21.5 cm (10 1/4 x 8 7/16 in.)
Type:
woven textiles
Portrait
Object Name:
Portrait
Made in:
France
Date:
1850–1900
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Black and white jacquard woven portrait of Empress Eugénie of France (1826-1920). Lower half of the portrait is ornamented with sprays of roses, an escutcheon and a ribbon that reads "Eugénie Imperatrice." At the lower left and right are the woven signatures "Carquillat Tex." and "Bruyas del." Woven by Michel-Marie Carquillat (d. 1884) after a portrait by Marc-Laurent Bruyas (1821-1896).
