Four Servants, part of Telemachus Leading Theoclymenus to Penelope from The Story of Odysseus

Curatorial Overview

“Four Servants, part of Telemachus Leading Theoclymenus to Penelope from The Story of Odysseus is an internationally celebrated Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameter: 0.8–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 17 to 30 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm; silk: three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2 mm created by Jan van Leefdael (c. 1650). From the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago.”