Hangings
maker
Unknown
Date1700-1900
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumCut silk velvet with applied metal-shot silk and ribbed silk cloth with gilded cord and galloon
ClassificationsFurnishings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberT16n2.1-2
eMuseum ID729822
Alt. No. 2 (Cavallo)149A
Alt. No. 1 (Siple)009; 013
EmbARK ObjectID22801
TMS Source ID8281
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.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 8. (as "window-curtain"; as possibly the coat of arms of Cardinal Gustav Adolf von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1823-1896))
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 118-19.
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 162, no. 118. (as dated 18th century - 19th century)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 118-19.
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 162, no. 118. (as dated 18th century - 19th century)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome on 9 October 1899 for 1,700 lire .
Unknown
about 1725-1775
