Textile ArtsEuropean18th century
Naturalistic Silk Panel Fragment made into a Table Runner
c. 1740
Artists
Unidentified ArtistArtist
Description
Symmetrical point composition; vertical repeat comprised of two large motifs: drapery swags and flowering urns separated by lobed reserves with a blue and white garden folly and fountain. Plain weave red silk lining with compound weave incorporating silk and metallic (gilt and pieced); "returned to length"
Dimensions
290.8 × 53.3 cm (114 1/2 × 21 in.)
Provenance
Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1930
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