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Piece

late 19th century
Not on view
Colorful Russian designs such as this were popular in France, possibly for their distinctive Russian-Asian exoticism. They were produced in villages dedicated to textile manufacture, where every able-bodied inhabitant was employed in this local industry. A label on the length of fabric records medals for the manufacturer at Paris in 1867 and 1882 and at the Pan-Russian Exhibition in Nizhni Novgorod in 1896. Colorfastness was an important development and won a medal for one of the leading Russian manufacturers, Ludwig Rabenek, at Moscow in 1891.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Piece
  • Date: late 19th century
  • Culture: Russian
  • Medium: Cotton
  • Dimensions: L. 27 x W. 24 1/2 inches
    68.6 x 62.2 cm
  • Classification: Textiles-Printed
  • Credit Line: Gift of The United Piece Dye Works, 1936
  • Object Number: 36.90.816
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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