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Cut silk velvet with applied metal-shot silk and ribbed silk cloth with gilded cord and galloon
Object details
Accession number
T16n2.1-2
Primary Creator
Italian
Full title
Hangings
Creation Date
1700-1900
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome on 9 October 1899 for 1,700 lire .
Display Media
Cut silk velvet with applied metal-shot silk and ribbed silk cloth with gilded cord and galloon
Dimension Notes
Left hanging: 300.99 x 237.49 cm (118 1/2 x 93 1/2 in.)
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
Raphael Room
Bibliography
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 8. (as "window-curtain"; as possibly the coat of arms of Cardinal Gustav Adolf von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1823-1896))
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 118-19.
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 162, no. 118. (as dated 18th century - 19th century)
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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.
