Object details
Accession number
T17w40
Primary Creator
Italian, Venice
Full title
Furnishing or Garment Fabric with Pomegranate Motif
Creation Date
about 1500-1550
Description
stylized floral
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Emilio Constantini, Florence on 6 October 1897 for 80 lire.
Dimensions
27.9 x 61 cm (11 x 24 in.)
Display Media
Cut voided silk velvet brocaded with 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
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), p. 215, no. 257. (as Turkish; dated 1500-1550)
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