Furnishing Fabric with Armorial Motif
maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1550-1650
Place MadeWestern Europe, Europe
MediumCut silk velvet with applied linen tabby embroidered with polychrome silk yarns and gilt yarns; couched silver and gilt yarns
Dimensions45.1 x 57.8 cm (17 3/4 x 22 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsTextile Arts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberT21e12
eMuseum ID722886
Alt. No. 4 (Old Cavallo)126A
Alt. No. 1 (Siple)004
EmbARK ObjectID13813
Alt. No. 2 (Cavallo)119C
Textile Database Number1121
TMS Source ID2669
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.
BibliographyNotesAdolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 213, no. 235. (as Western European, dated about 1550-1650)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection before 1900.
Unknown
about 1725-1775
