1991.1: Massacre of the Innocents
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1991.1
- People
-
Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Massacre of the Innocents
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Massacre of the Innocents (formerly upholstered on 1930.225)
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- c. 1700
- Culture
- Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/211197
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Linen canvas (z spun, single ply, even weave) with wool (two-ply woolen) & silk
- Technique
- Embroidery
- Dimensions
- 42.55 x 60.96 cm (16 3/4 x 24 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, Bequest to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1930. This upholstery was removed from a deaccessioned chair from the Naumburg bequest in 1991.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Nettie G. Naumburg
- Accession Year
- 1991
- Object Number
- 1991.1
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Embroidered upholstery fragment depicting the Massacre of the Innocents. Finely worked in tent stitch. Linen canvas (z spun, single ply, even weave) on wool (two-ply woolen) and silk (multi-ply).
Verification Level
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