Object details
Accession number
T11e13
Primary Creator
French
Full title
Bookmark or Badge with a Figure of a Warrior
Creation Date
about 1916
Description
Human figures, Inscription
Provenance
Probably entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection after 1916.
Marks
Printed (front): Gloire, A la Sainte, A la Grande, A la Héroique, Russie, 1914, 1916
Dimensions
40 x 6.4 cm (15 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Silk tabby over linen tabby embroidered with white silk yarns with metal covering and brown silk 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
Macknight Room
Bibliography
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 163, ill, no. 120. (as French, dated about 1916; erroneously identified as museum no. T11e15)
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