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Pillow

maker Unknown

Dateabout 1675-1725

Place MadeEurope

MediumPlain cut silk velvet embroidered with silk yarns and sequins

Dimensions46.99 x 40.64 cm (18 1/2 x 16 in.)

ClassificationsFurnishings

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberT19c12.e

eMuseum ID722084

Alt. No. 1 (Siple)054

EmbARK ObjectID23777

Textile Database Number1069

TMS Source ID8656

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.