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 on linen canvas
16th centuryEuropeanWool and linen, tapestry weave
EgyptianWool, tapestry woven
3rd-6th centuryByzantineThe support medium is twill. The technique is brocade. The shape/form is "kesa
19th-20th centuryJapaneseInk on silk
20th centuryAustrianTextile fibers
18th centuryFrenchFiber
ItalianBast fiber in balanced plain weave, the fabric dyed gray, the robe with decorative stitching in purple silk thread at the base of the collar and on the sleeves
18th-19th centuryKoreanTie-dyed designs on blue silk damask patterned with orchid and chrysanthemum flowers on a diapered ground; red silk lining
18th-19th centuryJapaneseSilk damask
16th-17th centuryItalian
Textile
8th-5th century BCE