Fortuny, Inc. and Società Anonima Fortuny Déposé
Piazetta
1918
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Cotton, (a): 27 × 31 in. (68.6 × 78.7 cm.)
(b): 30 × 31 in. (76.2 × 78.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Martha Custis Peter, Baltimore, MD
Object Number
2008.33a-b
Two pieces of printed cotton stamped with Renaissance-velvet revival pattern, but in grays and tans and beige. Reverse bears stamp: 'SOC.AN.FORTUNY' (Società Anonima Fortuny Déposé) trade mark of the Fortuny company prior to 1950. The Societa Anonima Fortuny was established on the island of Giudecca in 1919. There Fortuny printed intricately decorated cottons.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2008; Martha Custis Peter, Baltimore, MD.
Inscribed: Reverse has stamp: Soc. An. Fortuny. Depose
Manufacturer
Società Anonima Fortuny Déposé
1918–1949
Italian, 1919-1950
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