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).
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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