Textile ArtsSpanish16th-17th century

Fragment of Dress Fabric

16th-17th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Description

Fragment of silk lampas with blue satin ground and pattern of heraldic birds and sprigs of flowers in yellow and green.

Classification

Textile Arts

Technique

Compound weave

Medium

Silk lampas

Culture

Spanish

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

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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