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Naturalistic Silk Panel Fragment made into a Table Runner
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Symmetrical point composition; vertical repeat comprised of two large motifs: drapery swags and flowering urns separated by lobed reserves with a blue and white garden folly and fountain. Plain weave red silk lining with compound weave incorporating silk and metallic (gilt and pieced); "returned to length"
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Nettie G. Naumburg New York bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1930
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Nettie G. Naumburg
Title: Naturalistic Silk Panel Fragment made into a Table Runner
Description:
Symmetrical point composition; vertical repeat comprised of two large motifs: drapery swags and flowering urns separated by lobed reserves with a blue and white garden folly and fountain.
Plain weave red silk lining with compound weave incorporating silk and metallic (gilt and pieced); "returned to length".
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