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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1919.75
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Cover (two joined panels)
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
c. 1700
Culture
Italian?
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215522

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silk damask
Technique
Compound weave
Dimensions
163.2 x 97.79 cm (64 1/4 x 38 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Emile Pares, New York], sold; to Hervey E. Wetzel (1888-1919), Boston, 1917, bequest; to Fogg Art Musuem, 1919.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession Year
1919
Object Number
1919.75
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
2 panels of crimson silk furnishing damask with a large repeat composed of two motifs of a palmette shape enclosed within latticework of branching vines. No visible selvedges (hemmed).

Verification Level

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