second half 16th century
Green silk damask in curvilinear lattice pattern enclosing stylized palmette interlocking crowns.
49.5 × 19.7 cm (19 1/2 × 7 3/4 in.)
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1916.
Silk and metallic threads
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