Textile ArtsFrench?18th century

Furnishing damask cover

first half 18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Description

Two panel widths of ivory coloured damask with point composition of large branching foliage and pomogranites and flowers.

Classification

Textile Arts

Technique

Compound weave

Medium

Silk damask

Culture

French?

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

221.6 x 107.2 cm (87 1/4 x 42 3/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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