early 17th century
Stylized yellow sprigs, with touches of light blue, separated by zigzags in salmon colour on a green satin ground
17.78 x 13.02 cm (7 x 5 1/8 in.)
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1916
Braided and knotted purple silk cord with fringed tassels
19th centuryJapaneseSilk, silver foil, and gilded silver foil. Lampas with foundation of warp-faced plain weave and discontinuous supplementary wefts bound in plain weave.
17th centuryNorth AfricanTextile fibers
20th centuryCroatianwool and undyed linen brocaded tabby
8th centuryCopticSilk
ChineseRamie with vegetable dyes and mineral pigments; stenciled and free-hand paste-resist decoration applied on both sides of fabric
18th-19th centuryJapaneseWool
Turkmen