third quarter 17th century
Furnishing fabric panel (made up of two pieces) of crimson damask ground in shadow patterns of an interlacing foliate lattice containing a stylized bouquet in palmette form with a narrow metallic lace border. Silk with metallic gilt filé yarns in lampas damassé with gold brocading with period selvedges and original lining of peach silk plain weave.
292.42 x 55.25 cm (115 1/8 x 21 3/4 in.)
Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1930.
Textile fibers
20th centuryJavaneseTextile fibers
20th centuryCroatianSilk and metallic yarns filé and lamé with sequins and seed pearls
18th centuryGreekSilk damask
18th centuryFrenchBast fiber in balanced plain weave, the fabric dyed gray, the robe with decorative stitching in purple silk thread at the base of the collar and on the sleeves
18th-19th centuryKoreanWool pile
16th centuryPersianWool pile
18th-19th centuryCentral Asiansheer muslin (cambric)
19th centuryAmericanInk on silk
20th centuryAustrianInk on silk
20th centuryAustrian