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Woven Textile (silk with bizarre design)
Artist/maker unknown, Italian?c. 1700-1705
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, United States
Details
- Title: Woven Textile (silk with bizarre design)
- Creator Nationality: Italian?
- Creator Gender: Unknown
- Date: c. 1700-1705
- Physical Dimensions: w82.01 x h86 in (Overall)
- Provenance: Gift of Fitz Eugene Dixon, Jr., 1969
- Type: Textiles
- Rights: © 2014 Philadelphia Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
- External Link: Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Medium: Silk damask brocaded with colored silks and metal threads
- Probably made in: Italy
- Description: Bizarre design representing an underwater fantasy, consisting of double vertical rows of serpentine, branching bands with occasional abstract and diapered shapes along the "trunks," framing a group of abstracted, rock-like shapes, from which sprout long, curved, spiky leaves and a thick stem intertwining with the wider bands, branching exotic flowers, fruits, leaves and shells; the entire pattern echoed and complimented by the ground patterning. Four pieced lengths, sewn together along the selvedges to form a large rectangle, edged with gilded metal and yellow silk galloon trim (1 3/4 inches wide with a repeating leaf and flower design), backed with red plain weave silk taffeta.
- Artist/Maker: Artist/maker unknown, Italian?
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