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Heirloom Textile

Unknown artist, Early 17th/early 18th century

4.99 m × 1.12 m

Longer than a car. Stood on end it is 2.9 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1.12 m
Width: 4.99 m
Medium: Cotton, plain weave; resist-dyed; both selvages present
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: 498.5 × 90.2 cm (196 1/4 × 35 1/2 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 90 cm × 4.99 m. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Gift of Robert T. Coffland in memory of Mary Hunt Kahlenberg

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

How big is it?: 4.99 m × 1.12 m. Longer than a car. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made Early 17th/early 18th 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 Robert T. Coffland in memory of Mary Hunt Kahlenberg.
How was it made?: Cotton, plain weave; resist-dyed; both selvages present, made in India.
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.