Naturalistic Silk Panel Fragment made into a Table Runner

Artists

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