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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1930.369
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Burse
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Paten cover
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
16th-17th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe
Culture
European
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/214990

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Polychromed silk and metallic yarns (silver lamé and gilt frisé)
Technique
Embroidery
Dimensions
24.45 x 24.13 cm (9 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on back, handwritten in black ink: 100

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1930

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Nettie G. Naumburg
Accession Year
1930
Object Number
1930.369
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Lined pocket of crimson silk damask embroidered with a central circular medallion showing a descending dove with the Holy Spirit within a radiance and cloud band surrounded by strapwork (couched) and flowers. Satin stitch and French knots. "Gaufrure" (waffled) border around three sides. Backed with white warp-faced plain weave.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/22/2024 - 06/17/2024

Verification Level

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