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Textile length
Textile length

Textile length

17th century
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin ground with twill-woven silk and metal wrapped patterning wefts (lampas)
Dimensions158 x 60.5 cm (62 3/16 x 23 13/16 in.); Legacy dimension: .605 x 1.58 (as framed)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession number19.701
On View
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ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceBy 1918, Hervey E. Wetzel (b. 1888 - d. 1918), Boston; 1918, by inheritance from her cousin, Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, Chicago [see note 1]; 1919, gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel, to the MFA. (Accession date: March 31, 1919)

Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.