1937.43: Towel
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1937.43
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Towel
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- early 17th century
- Culture
- Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/230531
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Linen with lace border
- Technique
- Lace
- Dimensions
- 91.4 x 144.8 cm (36 x 57 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- label: paper, written in pen: "Old Italian Towel. Date 1600. Lacis Border. Hunting Scene. No. 4. Value $50"
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
- 1937.43
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Linen towel with wide lace borders depicting a hunting scene of a hunter with a spear, dogs, birds and other small animals; red and yellow silk fringe
Verification Level
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