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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1710
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Red velvet panel with two embroidered medallions
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Places
Creation Place: Europe
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/214832

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red velvet with silk embroidery
Technique
Embroidery
Dimensions
49.5 x 92.08 x 92.08 cm (19 1/2 x 36 1/4 x 36 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1710
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Silk tent stitch embroidery depicting scenes of a queen kneeling before laurel around beardless men in classical dress (Alexander?) (top) and a woman with an incense burner and Cupid in a landscape (bottom), mounted on red cut silk velvet.

Verification Level

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