early 17th century
Silk lampas fragment with symmetrical barette motifs forming a diamond pattern with three-blossomed stalks in the middle, on salmon ground. The motifs of yellow silk are bound in a twill pattern.
46.4 × 8.9 cm (18 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1916.
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