Textile ArtsFrench18th century
Panel, probably from a chasuble
2nd half 18th c.
Artists
Unidentified ArtistArtist
Description
Ivory-coloured silk ground with liseré (self) pattern of diapering. Symmetical pattern of branching leaves from which sprout flowers and extend garlands in polychrome silk yarns. Brocaded with metallic yarns (filé and silver lancé).
Dimensions
100.3 x 54.9 cm (39 1/2 x 21 5/8 in.)
Provenance
[Blackborne, New York], sold; to Hervey E. Wetzel (1888-1919), Boston, 1915, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1919.
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