c. 1730
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
188.91 x 100.01 cm (74 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
Lucy Wallace Porter, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1962
Wool and linen, tapestry weave set into fabric of linen loops
CopticBlue silk with embroidered decoration
18th centuryChineseBook of swatches mounted on paper (56 sheets)
19th-20th centuryJapaneseYellow silk ground with embroidered decoration
18th centuryChineseJute, plastic, and cotton
20th centuryAmericanCut velvet and satin
19th-20th centuryEuropean?