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maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1675-1750
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumSilk satin with applied metal and silk cloths embroidered with couched gilt cords
Dimensions182.2 x 37.1 cm (71 3/4 x 14 5/8 in.)
ClassificationsTextile Arts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberT16e5.1
eMuseum ID724864
Alt. No. 1 (Siple)023
EmbARK ObjectID11777
Original NumberT16e5-s
Alt. No. 2 (Cavallo)132a
TMS Source ID944
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 115. (as possibly Italian)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 214, no. 239. (as dated 1675-1750)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 214, no. 239. (as dated 1675-1750)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1903.
