1943.1704: Panel of Genoa Velvet
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.1704
- People
-
Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Panel of Genoa Velvet
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- c. 1700
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Liguria, Genoa
- Culture
- Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/214863
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- silk (cut and uncut velvet)
- Technique
- Compound weave
- Dimensions
- 56.8 x 98.4 cm (22 3/8 x 38 3/4 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
- 1943.1704
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Panel (comprised of two panels stitched together) of "Genoa" velvet, or polychromed ciselé cut and uncut velvet, in "point composition" (symmetrical around a central axis) depicting large branching floral and foliate arabesques. Ground weave of cream-coloured satin with silk cut and uncut velvet pile in crimson, green, yellow, cream and peach.
Verification Level
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