1937.42: Towel
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1937.42
- People
-
Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Towel
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- 1600-1635
- Culture
- Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/230530
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Linen
- Technique
- Lace
- Dimensions
- 194.63 x 101.6 cm (76 5/8 x 40 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- label: paper, written: "32 pieces/ Lent by Mrs. T.F. Richardson 6173/ Fine old Italian towel/ Filet brodé/ Guipure border. 17th century"
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Mrs. Charles J. White, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1937
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Charles J. White
- Accession Year
- 1937
- Object Number
- 1937.42
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Linen towel with border of embroidered lace (lacis) and panels top and bottom with a stylized floral pattern; needle lace edging (punto in aria)
Verification Level
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