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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1922.42
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Panel of dress silk
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
1755-1765
Culture
Italian?
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215126

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silk with brocaded cloth of silver
Technique
Compound weave
Dimensions
123.2 x 53.7 cm (48 1/2 x 21 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1922.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1922
Object Number
1922.42
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Panel brocaded with polychromed silk (three shades - green, mulberry and lavender) and gilt metallic yarns, lamé and filé, with liseré pattern of meandering stems and flowers.

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