Furnishing or Garment Fabric
maker
Unknown
Date1475-1525
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumSilk, cut voided velvet, shot and brocaded with gilt yarn
Dimensions152.4 x 58.4 cm (60 x 23 in.)
ClassificationsFurnishings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberT27w62
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryAmerican painter John Singer Sargent used this Italian voided velvet as inspiration for the background in his portrait of Mrs. Gardner in the Gothic Room on this floor. In his rendering of the textile he enlarged the scale of its pattern some two or three times.
Id726151
Last Updated8/14/24
Alt. No. 1 (Siple)058
EmbARK ObjectID12403
Alt. No. 2 (Cavallo)125
Source ID1528
