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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1962.334.A
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Fragment of Brocade
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
c. 1730
Culture
Italian?
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/214592

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silk
Technique
Brocade
Dimensions
188.91 x 100.01 cm (74 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lucy Wallace Porter, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1962

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Lucy Wallace Porter
Accession Year
1962
Object Number
1962.334.A
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Point composition of stylized poppies, tulips, carnations and other small flowers and foliage in shades of salmon, green and purple on ivory-coloured ribbon silk ground; pieced horizontally and vertically; backed in linen plain weave with applied border of woven yellow silk braid

Verification Level

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