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Dress Flounce

Unknown artist, 1860s (1862 or 1867)

5.71 m × 55 cm

Longer than a car. Stood on end it is 3.4 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 55 cm
Width: 5.71 m
Medium: Cotton, "Point de Gaze" needle lace
Kind: Textile
Made in: Belgium
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: 54.7 × 571 cm (21 1/2 × 224 3/4 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 5.71 m × 55 cm. Turned to face the way the photograph does.
Credit: Gift of Marshall Field and Company

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 5.71 m × 55 cm. Longer than a car. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1860s (1862 or 1867). It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Gift of Marshall Field and Company.
How was it made?: Cotton, "Point de Gaze" needle lace, made in Belgium.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.