early 17th century
Band of silk, ribbed warp-faced ground brocade with metallic yarns filé in zigzagging stylized vine pattern; self fringe on both sides.
63.5 x 6.35 cm (25 x 2 1/2 in.)
Denman Waldo Ross, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1916
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