16th-17th century
Fragment of furnishing fabric; a lattice work of ogival meandering vines containing two different stylized flowers in dull gold cut silk velvet on an ivory satin ground
88.9 × 41.9 cm (35 × 16 1/2 in.)
Edward Waldo Forbes, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1948
Textile fibers
20th centuryCroatianWool and linen
5th-6th centuryByzantinewool pile on a foundation of cotton warps and wefts
20th centuryPersianFiber
ItalianBook of swatches mounted on paper (56 sheets)
19th-20th centuryJapaneseWool
6th-7th centuryCopticSilk
19th centuryJapaneseInk on even weave tabby linen
EgyptianFiber
20th centuryGerman