early 17th century
Textile fragment of green ribbed silk ground with stylized palmettes and flowers in cream, white and silver lamé and gilt filé
14 × 21 cm (5 1/2 × 8 1/4 in.)
Denman Waldo Ross, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1916
Book of swatches mounted on paper (56 sheets)
19th-20th centuryJapaneseBrownish red silk ground with gold brocade
18th-19th centuryChineseFiber on linen
19th centuryAnatolianMauve/brown brocade with metallic thread
16th centuryItalianWarps: undyed white wool. Wefts: variable, including outlining wefts, eccentric wefts. Weft colors: light red, dark red, red-brown, purple (made of red and blue), light blue (abrashed), green, dark olive green, dark blue. Whites are wool and cotton combined. The rest are wool.
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18th centuryChinese