early 17th century
Textile fragment of two-colour (green and yellow) damask figured with a symmetrical pattern of birds and crowned rampant lions facing wreaths enclosing human masks. This fragment is made up of two sections.
47.84 x 18.1 cm (18 13/16 x 7 1/8 in.)
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.
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