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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1927.6.16
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Fragment of Silk Dress Fabric
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
1690-1700
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy
Culture
Italian?
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215207

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silk
Technique
Compound weave
Dimensions
31.8 × 16.8 cm (12 1/2 × 6 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1927.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1927
Object Number
1927.6.16
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
"Bizarre" silk fragment of ivory warp-faced rib with polychrome (yellow and red with accents of green, blue and peach) brocading of fantastical flowers and foliage. Some of the leaves have shadow patterns of satin outlines.

Verification Level

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