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Jacket

1600-1625 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Back and two fronts of a woman's knitted jacket, consisting of three rectangles of purple silk and silver-wrapped silk thread, hand or frame-knit and hand-sewn together.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Jacket Part
  • Jacket Part
  • Jacket Part
Materials and techniques
Silk thread, silk thread partially wrapped with silver
Brief description
Dismantled knitted silk jacket, Italian, 17th century.
Physical description
Back and two fronts of a woman's knitted jacket, consisting of three rectangles of purple silk and silver-wrapped silk thread, hand or frame-knit and hand-sewn together.
Collection
Accession number
346:1 to 3-1898

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Record createdOctober 9, 2007
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