Textile ArtsSpanish17th century

Fragment of Dress Fabric

1615-1625

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Description

Fragment of dress fabric, polychrome (gold, peach, purple and green) lampas in a barette pattern with small floral bouquets on a cloth of silver ground.

Classification

Textile Arts

Technique

Compound weave

Medium

Silk lampas

Culture

Spanish

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

34 x 16.5 cm (13 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Denman Waldo Ross, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1916

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