1927.184: Hanging, possibly an altar frontal
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1927.184
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Hanging, possibly an altar frontal
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- second quarter 17th century
- Culture
- Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/214784
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silk damask
- Technique
- Compound weave
- Dimensions
- 257.8 x 105.4 cm (101 1/2 x 41 1/2 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- label: stitched to backing, fabric, printed: "Au Bon Marché, Paris Taille 3]40 P.X ...(illegible script)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Mrs. Robert H. Monks, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1927
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Robert H. Monks
- Accession Year
- 1927
- Object Number
- 1927.184
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Dress or furnishing silk: green damask with motif of stylized floral bouquets in straight repeat, with vertically four seams and panel decorated with a horizontal metallic braid appliqué; plain woven linen support; button holes along top and left edge; merchant's label on back.
Verification Level
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