About the Artwork
Ships at Sea
18th century
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Italian
Italian
Plain compound satin
Overall: 33 × 21 1/2 inches (83.8 × 54.6 cm)
Textiles
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Founders Society Purchase, Octavia W. Bates Fund
50.185
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
(Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles, California, USA)
1950-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Cavallo, A. S. "A Venetian Brocaded Satin of the 18th Century," Bulletin of the DIA 30, nos. 3/4 (1950-1951): pp. 68-70; p. 69 (ill.).
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Italian, Ships at Sea, 18th century, plain compound satin. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Octavia W. Bates Fund, 50.185.
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