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Possibly Italian

Medium/Technique Wool and Silk; tapestry
Dimensions 46 x 28 cm (18 1/8 x 11 in.); Legacy dimension: .28 X .46
Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number85.73
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionDesign, two lozenges, side by side, bearing coats-of-arms, surrounded with scrolling leaves and surmounted by a bird with spread wings. The ground is of brown wool, and white, yellow and dark-blue silk.
ProvenanceAlfred Greenough (b. 1844 - d. 1884), Boston; 1884, bequeathed by Greenough to his uncle, Charles Henry Parker (b. 1816 - d. 1908), Boston; 1885, gift of Charles Henry Parker to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 7, 1885)