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Patolu

Unknown artist, 18th–19th century

5.11 m × 1.22 m

Longer than a car. Stood on end it is 3.0 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1.22 m
Width: 5.11 m
Medium: Silk and silver-metal-strip-wrapped silk, stripes of warp and weft resist dyed (double ikat), plain weave, stripes of weft resist dyed (weft ikat), plain weave, bands of plain weave and bands of open warps; plied and knotted main warp fringe
Kind: Textile
Made in: India
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: 510.5 × 121.9 cm (201 × 48 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 1.22 m × 5.11 m. Turned to face the way the photograph does.
Credit: Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection

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

How big is it?: 5.11 m × 1.22 m. Longer than a car. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 18th–19th century. 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 E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection.
How was it made?: Silk and silver-metal-strip-wrapped silk, stripes of warp and weft resist dyed (double ikat), plain weave, stripes of weft resist dyed (weft ikat), plain weave, bands of plain weave and bands of open warps; plied and knotted main warp fringe, made in India, indonesian.
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.