Dress Fragment
maker
Unknown
Date16th century
Place MadeEurope
MediumSilk damask
Dimensions5.1 x 5.1 cm (2 x 2 in.)
ClassificationsTextile Arts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberT27e40
eMuseum ID727845
EmbARK ObjectID12510
TMS Source ID1616
Last Updated8/31/24
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Not on viewWeb CommentaryAs the Honorary Secretary for the Order of the White Rose—an Anglo-Catholic society followed by Isabella Stewart Gardner—Alfred John Rodwaye presented her with this “relic of that most unfortunate & maligned Queen, Marie Stewart,” (also known as Mary Queen of Scots). This shred of fabric held an unusual personal appeal: Gardner was fascinated by genealogy and erroneously believed herself a descendant of the royal Stuart line.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 250.
Dakota Jackson, "The Relics of Mary, Queen of Scots," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 26 January 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/relics-mary-queen-scots
Dakota Jackson, "The Relics of Mary, Queen of Scots," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 26 January 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/relics-mary-queen-scots
ProvenanceNotesGift from the novelist, playwright, and poet Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) to Charles Holte Bracebridge Esq. (b. 1799) of Atherstone Hall, Warwickshire.
Gift from Mr. Bracebridge to Mr. Horsley.
Gift from Mr. Horsley to Alfred John Rodwaye.
Gift from Alfred John Rodwaye to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 4 Feburary 1897. (as a relic of Mary, Queen of Scots)
Gift from Mr. Bracebridge to Mr. Horsley.
Gift from Mr. Horsley to Alfred John Rodwaye.
Gift from Alfred John Rodwaye to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 4 Feburary 1897. (as a relic of Mary, Queen of Scots)
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