Object details
Accession number
T16e8
Primary Creator
Italian
Full title
Apparel for Vestment with Ecclesiastical Figures
Creation Date
about 1550-1600
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1900.
Dimensions
45.7 x 109.2 cm (18 x 43 in.)
Display Media
Silk velvet and linen tabby embroidered with polychrome silk and gilt 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. 116. (as Italian, dated 17th century)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 148, no. 95, ill. (as probably Italian, dated 1550-1600)
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