Portrait of Napoleon III (1808–1873), Emperor

Curatorial Overview

“Portrait of Napoleon III (1808–1873), Emperor is an internationally celebrated Silk, warp faced weft ribbed plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps, supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterning ground wefts; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment created by Marc-Laurent Bruyas (19th century). From the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago.”