Textile ArtsEuropean?19th-20th century

Cut Velvet PIllow

19th-20th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Description

Mustard brown velvet pillow with design of foliate scrolls; striped mustard-yellow satin on back. One of a pair with 1943.1758.

Classification

Textile Arts

Medium

Cut velvet and satin

Culture

European?

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

35.5 x 51 x 14 cm (14 x 20 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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