Sleeved Waistcoat

maker Unknown

Dateabout 1878-1890

Place MadeItaly, Europe

MediumSilk velvet, voided and ciselé

Dimensions95.3 x 50.8 cm (37 1/2 x 20 in.)

ClassificationsCostume

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberT17hig72.1

eMuseum ID721931

Alt. No. 1 (Siple)072

Previous NumberNeeds Acc. 138

Textile Database Number321

EmbARK ObjectID13667

Alt. No. 2 (Cavallo)061a

TMS Source ID2558

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.

BibliographyNotesAdolph S. Cavallo. "An Introduction to the Textile Collection at Fenway Court." Fenway Court (1981), p. 13, fig. 8. (as Italian, dated 1878-1895; as with the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giocchino (Pope Leo XII (1878-1903)); as a set with museum no. T17hig72.2)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 118, no. 46, ill.

ProvenanceNotesProbably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner and her husband John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837-1898) in Italy in May 1895 for 240 lire (as a set with museum no. T17high72.2)