Napkin, 17th century

  • Flemish

Linen damask

  • Overall: 49 1/2 × 35 1/2 inches (125.7 × 90.2 cm)

Gift of Elizabeth Sundstrom

38.95

Inscribed: EL EX MOSENOR | DON IVAN DOMINGO DE ZVNIGA Y FONSECA CONDE DE | MONTEREY Y DE FVENTES MARQVES DE TARAZONA BARON DE | MALDEGHEM Y SVS DEPENDENCIAS ETC. GENTILHOMBRE DE LA | CAMARA DE S M D

Elizabeth Sundstrom

1938-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Weibel, Adele C. Two Thousand Years of Textiles. The Figured Textiles of Europe and the Near East. New York, 1952, p. 153, cat. no. 282 (ill.).

Flemish, Napkin, 17th century, linen damask. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Elizabeth Sundstrom, 38.95.