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Piece of brocade
Indian
Object Place: India
Medium/Technique
Brocade
Dimensions
Height x width: 27 x 17 3/4 in. (68.6 x 45.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession Number19.722
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionRed satin, with a powder of very conventional "palm leaves" woven with gold thread.
ProvenanceBy 1914, Hervey E. Wetzel (b. 1888 - d. 1918), Boston [see note 1]; 1918, by inheritance from her cousin, Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, Chicago [see note 2]; 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] Lent by Wetzel to the MFA, June 11, 1914 and returned to him on September 25, 1914. Half of the textile was given to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University in 1919, and the other half was a gift or Mrs. Valentine to the MFA. [2] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.
Notes:
[1] Lent by Wetzel to the MFA, June 11, 1914 and returned to him on September 25, 1914. Half of the textile was given to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University in 1919, and the other half was a gift or Mrs. Valentine to the MFA. [2] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.