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Piece of damask

Italian
16th–17th century

Medium/Technique Damask
Dimensions Overall: 15.5 x 25 cm (6 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number97.585
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionGreenish yellow: the design of conventional leaves, some of which are detailed with blocks and arranged to form an ogival framework and enclosing symmetrical, conventional bunches of flowers in profile, is distinguished from the ground by the difference in weave.
Provenance97.485 - 97.596 were acquired by the donor by exchange with the Pratt Institute of Brooklyn, N.Y.,From the Collection bought by them of Salvadore & Son of Florence, Italy, in 1897