Velvet Table Cover

c. 1500/1599

Italian 16th Century

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    embroidered velvet: dyed silk warp and weft; spun silver-gilt, yellow silk, and linen thread; silver-gilt tinsel; silver-gilt sequins; paper; light blue taffeta

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 232 x 198.5 cm (91 5/16 x 78 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.471

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Professor Elia Volpi [1858-1938], Florence; (his sale, American Art Galleries, New York, 17-19 December 1917, 2nd day, no. 230); inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, ELkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase by funds of Joseph E. Widener; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 20.

Wikidata ID

Q62268460

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