19th-20th century
28 x 30 x 1 cm (11 x 11 13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Textile fibers
20th centuryAmericanWool
5th-7th centuryByzantineWool
20th centuryKurdishSilk
17th centuryItalian?Silk long-armed cross and four-sided stitch on a cotton ground.
17th-18th centuryMoroccanWool pile
19th centuryPersianResist-dyed silk damask ground detailed with stenciling and with decoration embroidered in dyed silk threads and gilt-paper-wrapped threads
18th centuryJapaneseTextile fibers
20th centuryGermanSynthetic fiber, alternating warp weave
20th centuryGermanSilk in kesi' tapestry weave, selected elements woven with metallic gold threads
18th centuryChineseHandwoven maguey fiber
20th centuryAmericanSilk with silver and silver-gilt filé and lamé strips and gilt frisé.
18th centuryFrench