Breeches

maker Unknown

Dateabout 1878-1890

Place MadeItaly, Europe

MediumVoided and ciselé silk velvet

Dimensions87 x 54.6 cm (34 1/4 x 21 1/2 in.)

ClassificationsCostume

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberT17hig72.2

eMuseum ID721913

Previous NumberT17hig73

Previous NumberNeeds Acc. 14

Alt. No. 2 (Cavallo)061b

Alt. No. 1 (Siple)072

Textile Database Number322

EmbARK ObjectID13668

TMS Source ID2559

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. T17hig72.1)
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. T17high72.1)