Border from Dress or Furnishing Fabric
maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1650-1700
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumSilk tabby embroidered with polychrome silk yarns
Dimensions73.7 x 218.4 cm (29 x 86 in.)
ClassificationsTextile Arts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberT2w1
eMuseum ID728872
Alt. No. 2 (Cavallo)126a
Alt. No. 1 (Siple)001
EmbARK ObjectID13076
TMS Source ID2087
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.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 1. (as Italian)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 24. (as Italian, dated 17th century)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 153, no. 103. (as Italian, dated 1650-1700)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 24. (as Italian, dated 17th century)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 153, no. 103. (as Italian, dated 1650-1700)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1903.
