Object details
Accession number
T16s16
Primary Creator
Italian
Full title
Cope with Pomegranate Motifs and Fringe
Creation Date
about 1550-1600
Description
Pomegranates, Floral, Palmettes
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Consiglio Ricchetti, Venice for 400 lire on 16 May 1896 through the American painter and collector Ralph W. Curtis (1854–1922).
Dimensions
133.4 x 283.2 cm (52 1/2 x 111 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Silk and metallic fibers, ciselé voided velvet
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. 110. (as Spanish or Italian, dated 16th century)
Ronald Hilton. Handbook of Hispanic Source Materials and Research Organizations in the United States (Stanford, 1956), p. 195.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 6 (7 Oct. 1962), p. 2.
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 114, no. 38, ill. (as Italian, dated 1550-1600)
Rosella Mamoli Zorzi."'Foresti' In Venice in the Second Half of the 19th Century: Their Passion for Paintings, Brocades, and Glass." Atti dell' Instituto Veneto di Scienze, lettre ed arti (Venice, 2016), p. 4.
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