Textile ArtsBritish18th century

Fragment of Brocade

c. 1735

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Description

Naturalistic silk with "islands" of foliage and oversized flowers and pomogranites in green and salmon on an ivory ground; brocaded lampas

Classification

Textile Arts

Technique

Brocade

Medium

Silk

Culture

British

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

125.7 x 68 cm (49 1/2 x 26 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Lucy Wallace Porter, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1962

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