1937.45: Towel
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1937.45
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Towel
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- second half 16th century
- Culture
- Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/230532
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Cotton
- Technique
- Lace
- Dimensions
- 159.4 x 96.5 cm (62 3/4 x 38 in.)
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
- 1937.45
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Plain woven cotton or linen (imported) with inserts of linen gauze (possibly net) in shades of brown and white, embroidered in gold and white silk with stylized deer and hounds and vase motifs and branching leaves; vertical borders with castles, griffins, double-headed eagles and other heraldic motifs; silk embroidered border with loops on shades of gold
Verification Level
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