Fragment of Dress Fabric
16th-17th century
Artists
Description
Fragment of silk lampas with blue satin ground and pattern of heraldic birds and sprigs of flowers in yellow and green.
Dimensions
18.7 × 20.3 cm (7 3/8 × 8 in.)
Provenance
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1927.
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