second quarter 17th century
Dress or furnishing silk: green damask with motif of stylized floral bouquets in straight repeat, with vertically four seams and panel decorated with a horizontal metallic braid appliqué; plain woven linen support; button holes along top and left edge; merchant's label on back.
257.8 x 105.4 cm (101 1/2 x 41 1/2 in.)
Mrs. Robert H. Monks, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1927
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