Textile ArtsItalian16th-17th century

Fragment

16th-17th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Description

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

Classification

Textile Arts

Technique

Velvet

Medium

Silk, cut and voided velvet

Culture

Italian

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

88.9 × 41.9 cm (35 × 16 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Edward Waldo Forbes, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1948

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