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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1927.6.1
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Fragment of Velvet with Birds and Leopards
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
end 16th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/211196

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ciselé velvet
Technique
Compound weave
Dimensions
12.7 x 10.2 cm (5 x 4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1927.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1927
Object Number
1927.6.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Fragment with pattern of bird(s) and seated leopard(s) interspersed with flowers and foliate scrolls in purple chartreuse cut and uncut voided velvet (ciselé) on an off-white plain weave ground.

Verification Level

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