Object details
Accession number
T2s2
Primary Creator
French
Full title
Cover or Hanging with Olive and Oak Branches
Creation Date
about 1780-1800
Description
Floral
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1891.
Dimensions
42.2 x 118.1 cm (16 5/8 x 46 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Silk twill embroidered with polychrome silk chenille yarns, adhered to linen tabby, applications of brown silk gauze
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
Main Entrance Passage and Lobby
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 24 (as French, dated early 19th century)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), pp. 158-59, no. 116, ill. (as French, dated 1780-1800)
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