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Length of fabric
Possibly Dutch
about 1700
Object Place: Probably Holland
Medium/Technique
Silk damask brocaded with silk and metallic thread
Dimensions
81 x 54.2 cm (31 7/8 x 21 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Textile Income Purchase Fund
Accession Number59.306
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile panel probably from a garment, patched with three small pieces. Red warp and pale yellow weft bicolor damask ground, brocaded with polychrome silks and gold (now tarnished) and silver yarns. "Bizarre" design showing twisted columns and balusters on tables, supporting rectangular cabinets and pots of flowers. Fantastic forms on small consoles in interspaces. Parts of narrow corded selvedges at each side.
ProvenanceAccorsi, Turin; sold by Accorsi to Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles; 1959, sold by Loewi to the MFA for $160. (Accession Date: May 14, 1959)