Object details
Accession number
T17w13
Primary Creator
Italian
Full title
Garment Fabric with Pattern of Trefoils, Cinquefoils, and Hearts
Creation Date
about 1600-1625
Description
Floral
Provenance
Probably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner in Venice or Florence at an unknown date.
Dimensions
100 x 49.2 cm (39 3/8 x 19 3/8 in.)
Display Media
Ciselé voided silk 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
Short Gallery
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 121-22. (as Italian, dated 16th or 18th century; as a set with textiles in Short Gallery cases)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), pp. 170-71, no. 133, ill. (as Italian or Spanish, dated 1600-1625)
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