Object details
Accession number
T16w5
Primary Creator
Spanish
Full title
Furnishing Fabric with Floral Design and Double-headed Eagle Motif
Creation Date
about 1675-1750
Description
Floral, Animals
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1882.
Dimensions
81 x 49.5 cm (31 7/8 x 19 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Silk cloth embroidered with polychrome silk yarns, couched metal yarns
Web Commentary
Isabella 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Raphael Room
Bibliography
Gilbert 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)
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