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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1927.229
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Embroidered Velvet Hanging
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
17th century?
Culture
Spanish?
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231527

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Polychromed silk
Dimensions
734.1 x 321.3 cm (289 x 126 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. Joseph Kerrigan, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1927

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Kerrigan in memory of her brother, William Morris Hunt Slater
Accession Year
1927
Object Number
1927.229
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Made of six seamed widths of the ground fabric; "rug" pattern with two stylized floral borders; in the centre is a lion rampant within a medallion with two domestic cats at his feet; within the field are curving floral vines in which are a variety of small and large birds, including a pheasant and a highly-stylized peacock (looking more like a phoenix); polychrome silk embroidery (primarily couching) on shaded satin ground; applied cord; plain-woven linen backing.

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