Textile Fragment
c. 1500
Artists
Description
Textile fragment with repeat pattern of polychromed ogival arches and foliage on crimson ground.
Dimensions
34.6 × 38.1 cm (13 5/8 × 15 in.)
Provenance
Denman Waldo Ross, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1916
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