16th-17th century
Two pieced widths of green silk damask with motifs of stylized flowers in a curvalinear ogival lattice with clasps of crowns
129.5 x 97.8 x 97.79 cm (51 x 38 1/2 x 38 1/2 in.)
[Kelekian, New York], sold; to Hervey E. Wetzel (1888-1919), Boston, 1917, bequest; to Fogg Art Musuem, 1919.
Fiber
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