third quarter 17th century
Furnishing fabric panel (made up of two pieces) of crimson damask ground in shadow patterns of an interlacing foliate lattice containing a stylized bouquet in palmette form with a narrow metallic lace border. Silk with metallic gilt filé yarns in lampas damassé with gold brocading with period selvedges and original lining of peach silk plain weave.
292.42 x 55.25 cm (115 1/8 x 21 3/4 in.)
Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1930.
Fiber
ItalianTextile fibers
20th centuryGermanVelvet
19th-20th centuryEuropean?Sisal
ChineseSilk damask
17th centuryItalianWool
20th centuryCaucasianMulticolored Ikat-dyed silk with supplementary gold wefts; floral motifs embroidered with polychrome silk threads
19th centuryJapaneseFiber
ItalianSilk on cotton
20th centuryAfghan