Textile ArtsItalian?18th century
Fragment of Dress Silk
c. 1770
Artists
Unidentified ArtistArtist
Description
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.
Dimensions
75.6 x 46.4 cm (29 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1916.
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