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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1916.469
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Fragment of Dress Silk
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
c. 1770
Culture
Italian?
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215465

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silk brocaded lampas
Technique
Lampas
Dimensions
75.6 x 46.4 cm (29 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1916.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1916
Object Number
1916.469
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Dress silk: blue ground with motif of meandering floral vine with roses, with white flowers scattered across the field. Made up of several pieces stitched together.

Verification Level

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