Cover (two joined panels)
Textile ArtsItalian?17th-18th century

Cover (two joined panels)

c. 1700

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Description

2 panels of crimson silk furnishing damask with a large repeat composed of two motifs of a palmette shape enclosed within latticework of branching vines. No visible selvedges (hemmed).

Classification
Textile Arts
Technique
Compound weave
Medium
Silk damask
Culture
Italian?
Century
17th-18th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

163.2 x 97.79 cm (64 1/4 x 38 1/2 in.)

Provenance

[Emile Pares, New York], sold; to Hervey E. Wetzel (1888-1919), Boston, 1917, bequest; to Fogg Art Musuem, 1919.

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Cover (two joined panels) | Harvard Art Museums | KenAI