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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ClassificationsTextiles

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InscriptionsThere is an unidentified mark in the right end of the lower left corner.Provenance1917, gift of Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 5, 1917)

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