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Fragment of Gown

maker Unknown

Date1575-1625

Place MadeItaly, Europe

MediumBrocaded silk, fancy compound satin

ClassificationsTextile Arts

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberT17hig92

eMuseum ID724219

Alt. No. 2 (Cavallo)056b

EmbARK ObjectID17089

Alt. No. 1 (Siple)092

Textile Database Number311

TMS Source ID5392

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. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 116, no. 44. (as Italian or Spanish, dated 1575-1625; as same lot fabric as museum no. T17w41 and F18s8.x.1)

ProvenanceNotesProbably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner in Venice or Florence at an unknown date.