Fragment of Dress Fabric
early 17th century
Artists
Description
Stylized yellow sprigs, with touches of light blue, separated by zigzags in salmon colour on a green satin ground
Dimensions
17.78 x 13.02 cm (7 x 5 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1916
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