Tapestry: Verdure with Giant Leaves (probably from a series of verdure hangings)
Second half of the 16th century
Object PlaceProbably Grammont, possibly Enghein or Brussels, Flanders
Medium/TechniqueTapestry weave (wool warp; wool and some silk wefts)
DimensionsOverall: 296.5 x 299.7 cm (116 3/4 x 118 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number17.1399
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Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
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Provenance1917, gift of Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 5, 1917)
Late 15th or early 16th century
First quarter of the 16th century
First third of 16th century
second half of 16th century
3rd-4th century AD
550-725
Barberini Manufactory
1663–1679
Barberini Manufactory
1663–1679
Second half of the 16th century or first quarter of the 17th century
First third of the 16th century