Fragment of Ribbed Silk
Textile ArtsItalian?17th century

Fragment of Ribbed Silk

early 17th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Description

Textile fragment of green ribbed silk ground with stylized palmettes and flowers in cream, white and silver lamé and gilt filé

Classification
Textile Arts
Technique
Brocade
Medium
Silk and metallic yarns lamé and filé
Culture
Italian?
Century
17th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

14 × 21 cm (5 1/2 × 8 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Denman Waldo Ross, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1916

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