Object details
Object number
T27w6
Creator(s)
Italian
Title
Garment Fabric
Date
about 1600-1625
Medium
Silk ciselé voided velvet with gilded yarn
Description
Floral
Dimensions
120.7 x 73 cm (47 1/2 x 28 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1918.
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.
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 253-54. (as Italian, late 16th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 45 (10 Jul. 1966), p. 2. (as Italian, late 16th century)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p/ 173, no. 135. (as Italian or Spanish, 1600-1625)
Kathy Francis in Alan Chong et al. (eds.) Eye of the Beholder: Masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 2003), pp. 118-19, ill. (as Italian or Spanish, about 1600-1625)
Gallery
Long Gallery
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