Panel of Genoa Velvet | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.1704
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Panel of Genoa Velvet
Classification: Textile Arts
Work Type: textile
Date: c. 1700
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Liguria, Genoa
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/214863

Physical Descriptions

Medium: silk (cut and uncut velvet)
Technique: Compound weave
Dimensions: 56.8 x 98.4 cm (22 3/8 x 38 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1704

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Description: Panel (comprised of two panels stitched together) of "Genoa" velvet, or polychromed ciselé cut and uncut velvet, in "point composition" (symmetrical around a central axis) depicting large branching floral and foliate arabesques. Ground weave of cream-coloured satin with silk cut and uncut velvet pile in crimson, green, yellow, cream and peach.

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