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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1916.407
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Band of Brocade
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
early 17th century
Culture
Italian?
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215713

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silk brocade with metallic yarns filé
Dimensions
63.5 x 6.35 cm (25 x 2 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Denman Waldo Ross, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1916

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1916
Object Number
1916.407
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Band of silk, ribbed warp-faced ground brocade with metallic yarns filé in zigzagging stylized vine pattern; self fringe on both sides.

Verification Level

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