1755-1765
Dress silk: meandering ribbons of gold and silver on a ground of cloth of gold (frisé and lamé). The ribbons are interwoven with meandering floral vines of polychrome silk brocading in mulberry and lavender with silver (filé and lamé) flowers.
84.46 x 52.07 cm (33 1/4 x 20 1/2 in.)
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1922.
silk, metallic yarns (filé. lamé and frisé) and sequins
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17th-19th centuryItalianSilk, metallic yarns (filé. lamé and frisé) and sequins
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