c. 1735
Naturalistic silk with "islands" of foliage and oversized flowers and pomogranites in green and salmon on an ivory ground; brocaded lampas
125.7 x 68 cm (49 1/2 x 26 3/4 in.)
Lucy Wallace Porter, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1962
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