late 19th-early 20th century
irregular: 152.2 x 169.2 cm (59 15/16 x 66 5/8 in.)
Silk woven with complementary wefts, inner warps, and binding warps in plain weave (taqueté)
18th centuryPersian
Textile fibers
20th centuryGermanSilk and metallic yarns, brocaded (filé and frisé)
18th centuryItalianSilk
ChineseSilk damask
18th centuryFrenchSilk?
FrenchCellophane and synthetic fibers, alternating warp weave
20th centuryGermanSilk
17th centuryItalianWarp: 2 S ply Z spun white and brown wool warps on one level. Wefts: 1 Z spun yarn, 2 shoots. Pile: 2 S ply Z spun wool. Pile colors: dark red, light red, aubergine, freckled orange (possibly aniline), dark indigo blue, light freckled indigo, yellow-green, green, yellow, aniline ornge, indigo sulfonic, brown and white. Knots: symmetrical. Knots in center area are off-set. 41 knots per vertical decimeter; 25 knots per horizontal centimeter. Both selvedges: bundles of 2 or 3 warps wrapped in red weft material. Top end (listed from edge of pile): band of single line red and blue soumak; band of white and brown 2 ply pile yarn over pairs of warps; 2.5 cm. cicim float brocading using pile yarn on top of a 2 ply red structural weft; single line of soumak; another cm. of same white and brown 2 ply pile yarn, which is then bound over; approximately 7 cm. red pile yarn over pairs of warps. Bottom end: 1 cm. white and brown 2 ply pile yarn; 2 lines of red and blue soumak; 3 cm. slit tapestry weave for ties (to close bag), brown and white soumak; 1/2 cm. tapestry weave; right to left transverse warp braids. Pile is of somewhat remarkably long wool. Ties (to close the bag) are extant: braids in blue, red and brown.
19th-20th centuryKurdishVelvet
19th-20th centuryEuropean?Wool
Caucasian