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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1927.184
People
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
  • 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
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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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