Tapestry
- Object Name:
- Tapestry
- Object ID:
- 1957.036.005
- Place of Origin:
- Belgium
- Date:
- 1860-1930
- Description:
- Tapestry. Machine manufactured cotton? jacquard woven depiction of two different interactions going on in one Venetian canal scene. One couple is interacting with a palm reader at far left of scene. Another woman with a page walking three dogs is being formally greeted by another man. Dressed in the style of late 16th or early 17th-century fashion; the opulence of dress suggests the subjects of the scene are upper class. Stamped in ink on reverse, at an angle, "MADE IN BELGIUM". Four fringed edges.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Linen - Dimensions:
- W-20 L-32 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Adin M. and Carl O. Noyes. From the Noyes Family of Bow, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Adin M. Noyes and Carl O. Noyes
- Subjects:
- Tapestry, Tapestry industry, Jacquard weave, Venetian, Textiles, Dogs, Canals, Gondolas, Palmistry, Venice, Italy
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