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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Furnishing Fabric
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Furnishing Fabric

embroiderer
Dateabout 1675-1750
Place MadeSpain, Europe
MediumSilk cloth embroidered with polychrome silk yarns, couched metal yarns
Dimensions81 x 49.5 cm (31 7/8 x 19 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsTextile Arts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberT16w5
eMuseum ID726335
EmbARK ObjectID11736
Alt. No. 1 (Siple)047
Alt. No. 2 (Cavallo)131
TMS Source ID916
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. 106. (as Spanish, dated 17th century)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 214, no. 238, ill. (as Holy Roman Empire, dated 1675-1750)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1882.