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Border (From an Altar Cloth)

Unknown artist, 19th century

39 cm × 4.42 m

A storey and a half of a house. Stood on end it is 2.6 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 4.42 m
Width: 39 cm
Kind: Textile
Made in: Italy
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: 442.2 × 38.8 cm (174 × 15 1/4 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 39 cm × 4.42 m. Turned to face the way the photograph does.
Credit: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection

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

How big is it?: 39 cm × 4.42 m. A storey and a half of a house. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 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: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection.
How was it made?: Textile, made in Italy.
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.