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

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