id:			122570
accession number:	1942.824
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.824
updated:		2023-11-30 00:47:51.791000

Millefleurs Tapestry with Medici Coat of Arms, 1520s. Netherlands, Hainault, early 16th century. Tapestry weave: wool and silk; overall: 274.2 x 639.7 cm (107 15/16 x 251 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.824

title:				Millefleurs Tapestry with Medici Coat of Arms
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creation date:			1520s
creation date earliest:		1520
creation date latest:		1525
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creditline:			Bequest of John L. Severance
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culture:	Netherlands, Hainault, early 16th century
technique:	tapestry weave: wool and silk
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Tapestry
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measurements: Overall: 274.2 x 639.7 cm (107 15/16 x 251 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection
	opening date:   1942-11-12T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).

	title:		Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage
	opening date:   1971-07-13T04:00:00
	<i>Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	John L. Severance, Cleveland, Ohio.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 59, cat. no. 120
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n63

	Milliken, William M. "Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 29, no. 9 (1942): 131.
	page number: 	p. 149
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25141015

	Standen, Edith A. "The Carpet of Arms." <em>The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin</em> 20, no. 7 (1962): 221-31.
	page number: 	p. 227
	url:		doi:10.2307/3257912

	Asselberghs, Jeen Paul. Les tapisseries flamandes aux États-Unis d'Amérique. Bruxelles: Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, 1974.
	page number: 	p. 21
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	Hattori, Teruko. Yōroppa no seikatsu bijutsu to fukushoku bunka. I, I. Tokyo: Genryūsha, 1986.
	page number: 	p. 71, no. 65
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	Peri, Paolo and Nello Forti Grazzini. <em>The "Millefiori" Tapestry of Pistoia. </em>Pistoia: Gli ori, 2016.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 82; Mentioned: p.83
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