Damask Textile Fragment
Textile ArtsItalian16th century

Damask Textile Fragment

second half 16th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Description

Green silk damask in curvilinear lattice pattern enclosing stylized palmette interlocking crowns.

Classification
Textile Arts
Technique
Compound weave
Medium
Silk damask
Culture
Italian
Century
16th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

49.5 × 19.7 cm (19 1/2 × 7 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1916.

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