Object details
Accession number
T28w17
Primary Creator
Italian
Full title
Chasuble
Creation Date
1500-1550
Description
Leaves, Pomegranates, Fruit, Ferronerie
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1910.
Dimensions
103.5 x 64.8 cm (40 3/4 x 25 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Silk velvet, linen tabby, polychrome silk yarns
Dimension Notes
Front width: 101.1 cm (25.875 in.)
Back width: 70.5 cm (27.75 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
Chapel
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 255. (as Italian, 16th or early 17th century)
Rollin van N. Hadley. "Report of the Director." Fenway Court (1975), p. 41. (as Italian, 16th or early 17th century)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 110, no. 30. (as Italian or Spanish, 1500-1550)
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