Fragment of Silk Lampas
17th century
Artists
Description
Silk lampas fragment with a stylized intertwining floral vine motif.
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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