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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1930.385
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Bizarre silk panel
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
1707-1708
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231325

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silk and metallic threads (filé and frisé)
Technique
Compound weave
Dimensions
279.4 × 54.6 cm (110 × 21 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1930

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Nettie G. Naumburg
Accession Year
1930
Object Number
1930.385
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Crimson compound weave silk with shadow pattern around polychrome design of fanciful architecture and landscape with fountain intertwined with branches, foliage, grapes, birds and large vase shapes.

Verification Level

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