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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1922.41
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Dress Fragment
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
1755-1765
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215193

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silk and metallic yarns
Dimensions
84.46 x 52.07 cm (33 1/4 x 20 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1922.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1922
Object Number
1922.41
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Dress silk: meandering ribbons of gold and silver on a ground of cloth of gold (frisé and lamé). The ribbons are interwoven with meandering floral vines of polychrome silk brocading in mulberry and lavender with silver (filé and lamé) flowers.

Verification Level

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