Panel in the form of a Table Runner

Artists

Description

Bizarre silk panel of dress fabric with pattern of bizarre forms, flowers, including "borage", and fruit in polychrome silk on crimson damask ground. Period selvedges (22 inch width selvedge to selvedge). Silk and gilt metallic yarns, filé and frisé, in compound weave (lampas "damassé" and some brodading). Modern red silk plain weave backing and trim.

Dimensions

270.83 x 59.69 cm (106 5/8 x 23 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1930.