Canopy and Dossal
maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1560-1570
Place MadeRome, Lazio, Italy, Europe
MediumCut silk velvet with applied silk and metal tabby, silk and metal cords
Dimensions38.1 x 22.9 cm (15 x 9 in.)
ClassificationsFurnishings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberT27e4.1-2
eMuseum ID720120
Alt. No. 1 (Siple)010
Alt. No. 2 (Cavallo)117
EmbARK ObjectID13715
TMS Source ID2594
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.
BibliographyNotesArt Exhibition: Mrs. John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon St., Boston. Exh. cat. (Boston, 1899), p. 2, no. 9. (as a baldaechino; as previously owned by Prince Francesco Cenci)
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 23.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 234.
Adolph S. Cavallo. "An Introduction to the Textile Collection at Fenway Court." Fenway Court (1981), pp. 6-17, figs. 5-6. (as Italian, probably Rome; dated 1559-1565)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), pp. 144-145, no. 91. (as dated 1560-1570)
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 23.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 234.
Adolph S. Cavallo. "An Introduction to the Textile Collection at Fenway Court." Fenway Court (1981), pp. 6-17, figs. 5-6. (as Italian, probably Rome; dated 1559-1565)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), pp. 144-145, no. 91. (as dated 1560-1570)
MarksNotesAppliquéd (front): C, F [probably representing prince of the Holy Roman Empire Francesco Cenci (1549-1598)]
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Belisaris, Rome for 4,500 lire on 1 April 1895 through the American painter and collector Ralph W. Curtis (1854–1922).
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