Satin Damask with Pineapple Motif
1649-1699
Scroll
Satin Damask with Pineapple Motif
1649-1699
Physical Qualities
Silk, 42-1/2 x 18-7/8 in. (108 x 48 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore
Object Number
1986.293
This textile shows a leaf-vase form with pineapple center and Baroque palmette and pomegranate forms.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1986; Dena S. Katzenberg
Dena Katzenberg, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Blue Traditions: Indigo Dyed Textiles and Related Cobalt Glazed Ceramics from the 17th through the 19th Century, Dec. 4, 1973-Jan. 20, 1974, Cat.108, p. 169, illus. p. 169.
Rosalia Benito Fanelli, Five Centuries of Italian Textiles; 1300-1800, itlay, Cassa de Risparmi e Depositi di Prato, 1781, pp. 180-181, pl. 49.
See Cavallo, Gardner catalogue #140, especially for weave structure and fiber info.
See Cavallo, Gardner catalogue #140, especially for weave structure and fiber info.
