Panel of Furnishing Velvet

Artists

Description

Bittersweet-coloured cut velvet (three vertical seams) with embroidered motif in the lower 2/3rd in metallic yarns and pailettes (where metallic yarns are missing - yellow silk embroidery) in a pattern of large floral arrangements about scrolls and shells; embroidery includes gilt (frisé, guipure, satin, gaufrure, couching lamé, filé, bouillon) and silver (filé) yarns; metallic yarn fringe; backed with salmon-coloured twill weave silk or rayon

Dimensions

208.9 x 79.7 x 208.92 cm (82 1/4 x 31 3/8 x 82 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Mrs. Edwin S. Dodge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1939