This is a large semicircular piece of Italian voided silk velvet approximately 10 feet in diameter. The repeating vertical pattern in the fabric is botanical; dark, cranberry red, cut pile, naturalistic flowers are defined and shaded by lighter red uncut pile on a pale pink voided ground. Sprays of large and small flowers on undulating stem and leaf designs enclose a large, complex, stylized, flower motif. The garment is bordered with a thin strip of gold fabric around its periphery and a line of that gold fabric about a foot from the top straight edge across its diameter.
Italian
Cope,
1675-1750
Silk velvet, voided and ciselé
,
137.2 x 289.6 cm (54 x 114 in.)
Object details
Accession number
T26w4
Primary Creator
Italian
Full title
Cope
Creation Date
1675-1750
Description
Floral
Provenance
Probably entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1903.
Dimensions
137.2 x 289.6 cm (54 x 114 in.)
Display Media
Silk velvet, voided and ciselé
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
Titian Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 218. (as Italian, as dated 17th century)Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 212, no. 205a, ill. (as Italian, as dated 1675-1750)
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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.