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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1930.370
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Naturalistic Silk Panel Fragment made into a Table Runner
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
c. 1740
Places
Creation Place: Europe
Culture
European
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231323

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silk
Technique
Compound weave
Dimensions
290.8 × 53.3 cm (114 1/2 × 21 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1930

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Nettie G. Naumburg
Accession Year
1930
Object Number
1930.370
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Symmetrical point composition; vertical repeat comprised of two large motifs: drapery swags and flowering urns separated by lobed reserves with a blue and white garden folly and fountain. Plain weave red silk lining with compound weave incorporating silk and metallic (gilt and pieced); "returned to length"

Verification Level

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