Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1948.90
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Fragment
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
16th-17th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229316

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silk, cut and voided velvet
Technique
Velvet
Dimensions
88.9 × 41.9 cm (35 × 16 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edward Waldo Forbes, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1948

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edward W. Forbes
Accession Year
1948
Object Number
1948.90
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Descriptions

Description
Fragment of furnishing fabric; a lattice work of ogival meandering vines containing two different stylized flowers in dull gold cut silk velvet on an ivory satin ground

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu