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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1930.405
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Cover
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
c. 1720
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231468

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silk and metallic yarns, brocaded (filé and frisé)
Technique
Brocade
Dimensions
213.4 × 204.2 cm (84 × 80 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1930.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Nettie G. Naumburg
Accession Year
1930
Object Number
1930.405
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Cover of crimson silk with symmetrical, brocaded(?) design in point composition of a large motif of flowers and fruit within an unenclosing "frame" of lacey meanders in metallic yarns (filé and frisé); braid on all four sides of silk and metallic yarns; green silk taffeta lining; there are four seamed sections (can't tell if they are full widths)

Verification Level

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