Sicily
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Sicily
- Identifier
- 19.729
- Transfer of custody
- MFA Boston
- Acquisition
- By 1918, 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. / Gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel
- Collection
- Technique
- Embroidery 88%
- Embroidery 73%
- Depiction
- Dimension
- 11.5 cm (height)78 cm (width)
- Production time
- Production place
- Type of object
Description
Red silk ground, with a design in white linen, of two lion like beasts affronted with a castle between them. A narrow border at the top and bottom with a running vine design and a narrow red silk fringe across the bottom.
