Textile ArtsItalian?18th century

Panel of dress silk

1755-1765

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Description

Panel brocaded with polychromed silk (three shades - green, mulberry and lavender) and gilt metallic yarns, lamé and filé, with liseré pattern of meandering stems and flowers.

Classification

Textile Arts

Technique

Compound weave

Medium

Silk with brocaded cloth of silver

Culture

Italian?

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

123.2 x 53.7 cm (48 1/2 x 21 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1922.

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