c. 1620-1640
Brocaded damask fragment with pattern of flower sprigs with polychrome stems, leaves, buds and flowers in gilt filé (lancé on front only) on ivory ground.
19.1 × 24.8 cm (7 1/2 × 9 3/4 in.)
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1916.
Silk, silver foil, and gilded silver foil. Lampas with foundation of warp-faced plain weave and discontinuous supplementary wefts bound in plain weave.
17th centuryNorth AfricanSilk on linen
17th-18th centurySpanishWool and linen
5th-6th centuryCopticSilk
ChineseSilk
19th centuryJapaneseWool
20th centuryAmericanLinen
Turkish