Textile ArtsItalian?17th century

Fragment of Silk Lampas

17th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Description

Silk lampas fragment with a stylized intertwining floral vine motif.

Classification

Textile Arts

Technique

Lampas

Medium

Silk with metallic yarns in weft

Culture

Italian?

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

26.7 × 27.3 cm (10 1/2 × 10 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1916.

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