1712 / 1714, Spitalfields

1712 / 1714, Spitalfields

Identifier
49.398
Transfer of custody
MFA Boston
Acquisition
Hayden Company, New York; purchased by MFA, Boston, May 12, 1949 / John Wheelock Elliot and John Morse Elliot Fund
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
61 cm (height)
57.5 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Length of furnishing fabric, foundation fabric deep cream-colored satin; large-scale symmetrical design of bases of columns, triangular pediment and stiff trees and blossoms woven with deep old gold and wine-red velvet in cut and uncut velvet pile; much of background fabric rotted out between velvet motifs.