c. 1765
Lampas weave with blue cannetillé ground with a pattern of meandering strips of fur and flowers.
89 x 54.6 cm (35 1/16 x 21 1/2 in.)
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1916.
Wool embroidery on cotton
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