early 17th century
Gold diamond grid of two bouquets intertwined around a central flower on salmon satin ground.
46.7 × 21 cm (18 3/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
Denman Waldo Ross, Cambridge, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1916
Cotton, wool, and linen fibers
20th centurySwissBook of swatches mounted on paper (56 sheets)
19th-20th centuryJapaneseFiber
ItalianBook of swatches mounted on paper (56 sheets)
19th-20th centuryJapaneseTextile fibers
20th centuryGermanSilk with metallic yarns filé
16th centuryEuropeanFiber
20th centurySwedishSlender strips of black bamboo, partially interwoven with dyed-silk threads and backed with mica-coated paper, surrounded by silk brocade with gilt bronze fittings and dyed-silk braid
12th centuryJapaneseGold-colored silk and metallic thread on silk ground
19th centuryUzbekEmbroidered silk
19th centuryChinese