1620-1640
Coral-colored background with gold asymmetrical pattern of strewn flowers with short stems with a diagonal orientation reversing with each row.
19.7 x 14 cm (7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1927.
Silk, silver foil, and gilded silver foil. Lampas with foundation of warp-faced plain weave and discontinuous supplementary wefts bound in plain weave.
17th centuryNorth AfricanVelvet
ItalianLinen and wool, tapestry woven
CopticLinen and wool
8th-10th centuryCopticSilk
JapaneseVelvet
19th-20th centuryEuropean?Silk with silver and silver-gilt filé and lamé strips and gilt frisé.
18th centuryFrenchBook of swatches mounted on paper (56 sheets)
19th-20th centuryJapaneseWool and linen
6th-7th centuryCoptic