Fragment of Silk Moiré Dress Fabric
1620-1640
Artists
Description
Coral-colored background with gold asymmetrical pattern of strewn flowers with short stems with a diagonal orientation reversing with each row.
Dimensions
19.7 x 14 cm (7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1927.
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