Panel
c. 1765
Artists
Description
Lampas weave with blue cannetillé ground with a pattern of meandering strips of fur and flowers.
Dimensions
89 x 54.6 cm (35 1/16 x 21 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1916.
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