Sleeved Waistcoat and Breeches
maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1878-1890
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumVoided and ciselé silk velvet
ClassificationsTextile Arts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberT17hig72.1-2
eMuseum ID729780
Alt. No. 1 (Siple)072
Alt. No. 2 (Cavallo)061a-b
EmbARK ObjectID22826
TMS Source ID8284
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. "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 Vincenzo Giocchino (Pope Leo XII, 1878-1903))
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 118, no. 46, ill.
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.
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