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Turkish
Medium/Technique
Linen and silk; embroidery
Dimensions
Overall: 24.5 x 46.5 cm (9 5/8 x 18 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession Number19.724
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWhite linen gauze, on which are embroidered two conventional sprays of flowers in profile. Worked with pink, light blue, green and violet silk and gold thread. Wetzel #T.16-13.
ProvenanceBy 1914, 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.
Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.