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Length of velvet furnishing fabric

English (Spitalfields)
1712–14
Object Place: Spitalfields, England

Medium/Technique Silk, cut and uncut voided velvet
Dimensions 61 x 57.5 cm (24 x 22 5/8 in.)
Credit Line John Wheelock Elliot and John Morse Elliot Fund
Accession Number49.398
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionLength of furnishing fabric, foundation fabric deep cream-colored satin; large-scale symmetrical design of bases of columns, triangular pediment and stiff trees and blossoms woven with deep old gold and wine-red velvet in cut and uncut velvet pile; much of background fabric rotted out between velvet motifs.
ProvenanceHayden Company, New York; purchased by MFA, Boston, May 12, 1949