Textile ArtsItalian17th-18th century
Massacre of the Innocents
c. 1700
Artists
Unidentified ArtistArtist
Description
Embroidered upholstery fragment depicting the Massacre of the Innocents. Finely worked in tent stitch. Linen canvas (z spun, single ply, even weave) on wool (two-ply woolen) and silk (multi-ply).
Dimensions
42.55 x 60.96 cm (16 3/4 x 24 in.)
Provenance
Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, Bequest to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1930. This upholstery was removed from a deaccessioned chair from the Naumburg bequest in 1991.
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