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Cover
Italian
16th century
Object Place: Italy
Medium/Technique
Embroidered cotton, metallic and silk threads, bobbin lace, glass beads
Dimensions
Overall: 149 × 90 cm (58 11/16 × 35 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Samuel Cabot
Accession Number54.798
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionA rectangular cotton cover, white (now much yellowed and stained) ground; narrow border on two long sides of serpentine formed by broken branch and leaf motives, deep border design on two short ends, symmetrically arranged central fountain flanked by scrolling acanthus branches with rampant lions, griffons, and peacocks; embroidery worked in great variety of flat stitches with polychrome silks, gold, and silver metal thread; edges finished with narrow gold bobbin lace.
Provenance1954, sold by Adolph Loewi (dealer; b. 1888 - d. 1977), Los Angeles, to Nancy Graves (Mrs. Samuel) Cabot (b. 1889 - d. 1969), Jamaica Plain, MA, for the MFA. (Accession Date: June 10, 1954).