Fragment

Designed by Gertrude Rapp (American, 1808–1889) Woven by the Harmonist Society, 1830-1850 United States, Pennsylvania, Ambridge, Old Economy

Date

1830/50

Medium

Silk, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary patterning warps and self-patterned by ground weft floats and areas of plain weve; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment

Dimensions

105.7 × 51.7 cm (41 5/8 × 20 3/8 in.); Repeat: 6.8 × 8.3 cm (2 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Exchange from the Scalamandré Museum