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Tassel

maker
Dateabout 1675-1725
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumPlain cut silk velvet embroidered with silk yarns and sequins
Dimensions11.43 x 5.08 cm (4 1/2 x 2 in.)
ClassificationsTextile Arts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberT19c12.b
eMuseum ID721860
Alt. No. 1 (Siple)054
Textile Database Number1066
EmbARK ObjectID23774
TMS Source ID8653
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 170. (as Italian, dated 17th century)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 214, no. 237. (as Western European, dated about 1675-1725)

ProvenanceNotesGift from the architect Edwin Sherrill Dodge (1874-1938) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 11 August 1921.