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Unknown artist, Portuguese; or; Spanish

Furnishing Textile, 1700 - 1725

Now On View

Description

Maker

Unknown

Culture

Portuguese

Title

Furnishing Textile

Year

1700 - 1725

Medium

Silk ground with silk- and chenille-yarn discontinuous-supplementary-weft patterning; pieced and darned

Materials/Techniques

Materials

silk

Type

Textiles

Credit

Edgar J. Lownes Fund

Object Number

41.093

Exhibition History

Repair and Design Futures

October 5, 2018 - June 30, 2019

Here today only because of the darns and patches holding it together, the Portuguese/Spanish furnishing textile celebrates the trappings of early imperialist power: hunters and conquerors wield weapons over an array of animals from faraway lands.

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