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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1916.425
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Fragment of Ribbed Silk
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
early 17th century
Culture
Italian?
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215635

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silk and metallic yarns lamé and filé
Technique
Brocade
Dimensions
14 × 21 cm (5 1/2 × 8 1/4 in.)

Provenance

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

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1916
Object Number
1916.425
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

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

Verification Level

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