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(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Furnishing and Garment Fabric
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Furnishing and Garment Fabric

Date1450-1500
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumSilk voided velvet
Dimensions91.4 x 54.6 cm (36 x 21 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsTextile Arts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberT17w34
eMuseum ID720822
EmbARK ObjectID11975
Alt. No. 2 (Cavallo)160
Textile Database Number533
Alt. No. 4 (Old Cavallo)160
Alt. No. 1 (Siple)001
Alt. No. 2 (Cavallo)123
TMS Source ID1125
Last Updated11/19/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 121-22. (as Italian, 15th century)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 165, no. 123. (as Italian, 1450-1500)
Ada H. Logan. Introducing the World of Textiles. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum II. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 12-13, no. 4. (as Italian, 1450-1500)
Stephen Campbell et al. Ornament and Illusion: Carlo Crivelli of Venice. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2015).
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from antiquarian and dealer Professor Emilio Costantini, Florence for about 170 lire on 6 October 1897.
(c) 2016 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
about 1500-1550
Garment Fabric
Unknown
about 1550-1600
Garment Fabric
Unknown
about 1600-1625
Garment Fabric
Unknown
about 1550-1600
Garment Fabric
Unknown
about 1550-1600
Garment Fabric
Unknown
about 1600-1625
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
about 1600-1625
Furnishing Fabric
Unknown
late 17th century
Furnishing Fabric
Unknown
late 17th century