Red cut silk velvet with embroidered panel depicting a bearded saint holding a book in his left hand and a sack in his right (Saint Matthew).
45.7 × 48.3 × 11.4 cm (18 × 19 × 4 1/2 in.)
Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1930
Fiber
ItalianColored chain-stitched silk and metal thread on cotton
19th-20th centuryOttomanWool and linen
2nd-4th century CEByzantineSilk and metallic (silver and gilt) yarns filé
17th centuryEuropeanSilk, metallic yarns (filé. lamé and frisé) and sequins
18th-19th centuryItalianWool
Turkmen