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Louis XIII Embossed Gold Velvet Hanging
Louis XIII Embossed Gold Velvet Hanging

Louis XIII Embossed Gold Velvet Hanging

CultureFrench
Date17th century
MediumEmbossed gold velvet hanging
DimensionsOverall: 97 × 35 inches (246.38 × 88.9 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number49-51 A
On View
Not on view
DescriptionEmbossed gold velvet hanging. Original fringe in cream, red, gold and green. Originally bed spread? Divided to make two curtains and valance.Provenance

With Keller and Funaro, by May 21, 1929;

Purchased from Keller and Funaro by French & Co., New York, stock no. 34306, May 21, 1929-July 18, 1949 [1];

Purchased from French & Co. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1949.

NOTES:

[1] Getty Research Library, French & Co. Stock Sheets, box 38, folder 1.

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