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(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Border from Dress or Furnishing Fabric
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Border from Dress or Furnishing Fabric

Dateabout 1650-1700
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumSilk tabby appliquéd with polychrome silk yarns
Dimensions73.7 x 245.1 cm (29 x 96 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsTextile Arts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberT2e1
eMuseum ID730964
Alt. No. 2 (Cavallo)126b
Alt. No. 1 (Siple)001
Textile Database Number578
EmbARK ObjectID13315
TMS Source ID2291
Last Updated8/14/24
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.
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, ill. (as Italian, dated 1650-1700)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1903.
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