Garment Fabric with Pattern of Alternating Bouquets in Ogives
maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1550-1600
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumCiselé voided silk velvet shot with gilt yarn
Dimensions274.3 x 106.7 cm (108 x 42 in.)
ClassificationsTextile Arts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberT30s26
eMuseum ID730980
Alt. No. 1 (Siple)008
Textile Database Number146
EmbARK ObjectID12872
Alt. No. 2 (Cavallo)167b
TMS Source ID1927
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb 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. 267-68. (as Italian, dated 16th century)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 170-71, no. 130, ill. (as Italian or Spanish, dated 1550-1600; describes object of same lot of fabric, museum no. T17w5)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 170-71, no. 130, ill. (as Italian or Spanish, dated 1550-1600; describes object of same lot of fabric, museum no. T17w5)
ProvenanceNotesProbably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner in Venice or Florence at an unknown date.
