Textile ArtsItalian?17th century

Fragment of Ribbed Silk

early 17th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Description

Textile fragment of green ribbed silk ground with stylized palmettes and flowers in cream, white and silver lamé and gilt filé

Classification

Textile Arts

Technique

Brocade

Medium

Silk and metallic yarns lamé and filé

Culture

Italian?

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

14 × 21 cm (5 1/2 × 8 1/4 in.)

Provenance

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

Related Artworks

Textile Arts

Printed Textile after a Persian Design

Unknown Artist, 18th century

Cotton

Fiber

Unknown Artist, 19th century

Textile fibers

NINE MOUNTED FRAGMENTS

Unknown Artist

Fiber

Japanese

Textile Arts

Fragment of Double Compound Cloth

Knit fabric

21st centuryBritish, Welsh

Textile Arts

Embroidered Hanging Panel

Unknown Artist, 19th century

19th centuryPersian

Textile Arts

Red and Gold Brocade with a Small Pattern

Unknown Artist, 17th-18th century

17th-18th centuryIndian

Textile Arts

Fragment of Brocaded Single Compound

Camel's hair