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Portière

George Washington Maher, 1901

1.27 m × 2.04 m

Taller than a doorway. Stood on end it is 1.2 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 2.04 m
Width: 1.27 m
Medium: Cotton and silk, plain weave with pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliquéd with silk and cotton, satin damask weave; linen and gilt-strip-wrapped linen satin weave; cotton and silk plain weaves; embroidered with silk, cotton, linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen threads
Kind: Textile
Made in: United States
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: 204.1 × 119 cm (80 3/8 × 46 7/8 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 1.19 m × 2.04 m. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society

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

How big is it?: 1.27 m × 2.04 m. Taller than a doorway. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1901. 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: Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society.
How was it made?: Cotton and silk, plain weave with pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliquéd with silk and cotton, satin damask weave; linen and gilt-strip-wrapped linen satin weave; cotton and silk plain weaves; embroidered with silk, cotton, linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen threads, made in United States, Arts and Crafts Movement.
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.