c. 1620
Fragment of peach-coloured ribbed cloth of silver ground with stylized sprigs; lampas in green and peach brocaded with yellow
9.53 x 17.15 cm (3 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1916.
Resist-dyed gray silk crepe (chirimen) with "twilight dying" (akebono-zome) designs utilizing paste-resist (yuzenzome) and hand-painted techniques; selected motifs embroidered with polychrome silk and gold threads
19th centuryJapaneseFiber
ItalianInk on silk
20th centuryAustrianInk on silk
20th centuryAustrianSilk foundation with silk and metal supplementary wefts
17th-18th centuryPersianInk on silk
20th centuryAustrianFiber
ItalianTextile fibers
20th centuryGermanSilk and metallic yarns lamé and filé
17th centuryItalian?Silk
ChineseBook of swatches mounted on paper (56 sheets)
19th-20th centuryJapanese