17th-18th century
Long, narrow red band woven with "mermaid" figures and flowering vines in which are birds and monkeys.
13.3 x 163.5 cm (5 1/4 x 64 3/8 in.)
Denman Waldo Ross, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1927
wool pile on a foundation of cotton warps and wefts
19th centuryPersianBast fiber in balanced plain weave, the fabric dyed gray, the robe with decorative stitching in purple silk thread at the base of the collar and on the sleeves
18th-19th centuryKoreanTextile fibers
19th centuryCaucasianGolden beige silk damask
17th-20th centuryChineseWool
19th centuryOttomanFiber
Italianwool; twill tapestry weave, double-interlocked
19th centuryPersianMulticolored ikat-dyed silk with patterning in supplementary gold wefts; floral motifs embroidered with polychrome silk threads
18th centuryJapaneseWool pile on
Kurdish