Textile ArtsItalian18th century
Cover
c. 1720
Artists
Unidentified ArtistArtist
Description
Cover of crimson silk with symmetrical, brocaded(?) design in point composition of a large motif of flowers and fruit within an unenclosing "frame" of lacey meanders in metallic yarns (filé and frisé); braid on all four sides of silk and metallic yarns; green silk taffeta lining; there are four seamed sections (can't tell if they are full widths)
Dimensions
213.4 × 204.2 cm (84 × 80 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1930.
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