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Tapestry

Flemish
17th century
Object Place: Flanders

Medium/Technique Wool and silk
Dimensions Overall: 217.8 x 80.6 cm (85 3/4 x 31 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Harriet J. Bradbury
Accession Number30.486
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionDesign pictures a crowned woman standing in an archway with 5 putti, Fecunditas, at her head. Acanthus borders with plain blue galoons.
ProvenanceProbably George Robert White (b. 1847 - d. 1922), Boston; probably by inheritance from White to his sister, Harriet J. White (Mrs. Frederick T.) Bradbury (b. 1851 - d. 1930), Boston [see note]; 1930, bequest of Harriet J. Bradbury to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 3, 1930)

NOTE: Lent by Mrs. Bradbury to the MFA, November 17, 1927 - May 1, 1928 and October 22 - November 21, 1928.