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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.150.32
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Textile Fragment
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
early 17th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/214805

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silk damask
Dimensions
47.84 x 18.1 cm (18 13/16 x 7 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Denman W. Ross, Class of 1875
Accession Year
1936
Object Number
1936.150.32
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Textile fragment of two-colour (green and yellow) damask figured with a symmetrical pattern of birds and crowned rampant lions facing wreaths enclosing human masks. This fragment is made up of two sections.

Verification Level

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