c. 1770
Dress silk: blue ground with motif of meandering floral vine with roses, with white flowers scattered across the field. Made up of several pieces stitched together.
75.6 x 46.4 cm (29 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.)
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1916.
Yellow satin ground with embroidered decoration
18th-19th centuryChineseSilk; twill fabric with alternate polychrome striping (yellow, pale green, brown, white) and twill-on-twill damask checkering
13th centuryJapanesesilk (ciselé velvet)
17th-18th centuryItalianUndyed ramie; plain-weave
19th-20th centuryJapaneseSilk
Japanese