Textile ArtsItalian?17th century

Textile Fragment

3rd quarter 17th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Description

Crimson silk damask brocaded with yellow silk in a pattern of a stylized flower within an ogival arch.

Classification

Textile Arts

Technique

Brocade

Medium

Brocaded damask silk

Culture

Italian?

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

81.92 x 40.96 cm (32 1/4 x 16 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Mrs. Robert H. Monks, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1927

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