Ribbon

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, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and supplementary patterning wefts; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment

Dimensions

72.1 × 13 cm (28 3/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Exchange from the Scalamandré Museum