Fragment of Brocade
c. 1730
Artists
Description
Point composition of stylized poppies, tulips, carnations and other small flowers and foliage in shades of salmon, green and purple on ivory-coloured ribbon silk ground; pieced horizontally and vertically; backed in linen plain weave with applied border of woven yellow silk braid
Dimensions
188.91 x 100.01 cm (74 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Lucy Wallace Porter, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1962
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