1930.392: Cape for a Statue
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1930.392
- People
-
Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Cape for a Statue
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- 17th century
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/231623
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silk chenille and metallic yarns (silver and gilt filé)
- Technique
- Embroidery
- Dimensions
- 25.4 × 63.5 cm (10 × 25 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
- 1930.392
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Salmon-coloured cape with ruffle edged in metallic (gilt) fringe. Body of cape covered with lavish polychromed embroidery in floral and leaf patterns in silk chenille with silver and gilt filé yarns, incorporating satin stitch, trellis work held by cross-stitiching, couching, and French knots. Yellow silk ribbon ties. Blue silk plain weave lining.
Verification Level
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