Object details
Accession number
T18s30
Primary Creator
French
Full title
Furnishing Fabric with Figure of a Woman with Flowers
Creation Date
about 1675-1725
Description
Floral, Human figures
Provenance
Gift from the interior decorator Henry Davis Sleeper (1878-1934) to Isabella Stewart Gardner at an unknown date.
Dimensions
47.3 x 55.2 cm (18 5/8 x 21 3/4 in.)
Display Media
Linen tabby embroidered with polychrome wool and 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
Little Salon
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 148. (as French or Flemish, dated 17th century)
Rollin van N. Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 29 (21 Mar. 1965), p. 2.
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 155, no. 106, ill. (as French, dated 1675-1725)
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