early 17th century
Silk lampas fragment with symmetrical barette motifs forming a diamond pattern with three-blossomed stalks in the middle, on salmon ground. The motifs of yellow silk are bound in a twill pattern.
47.6 × 10.2 cm (18 3/4 × 4 in.)
Denman Waldo Ross, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1916
Wool and linen
5th-6th centuryByzantineEmbroidery on silk
19th-20th centuryChineseFiber
ItalianPlain woven linen with silk embroidery
19th centuryMexicanFiber
20th centurySwedishCombined textiles: ikat (probably Khiva, silk warp and cotton weft); broadcloth (Russia or Britain, wool, with silk thread embroidery in chain stitch); printed cottons (Bukhara and Russia) and pattern-woven cottons.
19th-20th centuryUzbekwool; twill tapestry weave, double-interlocked
Indian