mid 18th century
Two seamed sections pieced horizontally on left side; yellow damask with motif of two Chinese figures on either side of a palm tree, and pavillions, in rocaille lozenges; merchant's label on back.
200.3 x 107.3 x 107.32 cm (78 7/8 x 42 1/4 x 42 1/4 in.)
Fiber
JapaneseCotton and wool, plain weave striped with basket weave
20th centuryAmericanSilk
ChineseSilk with metallic threads
18th-19th centuryPersianSilk lampas
17th centurySpanishVegetable-dyed banana fiber, plain weave
18th-19th centuryJapaneseCotton
20th centuryJapaneseSilk
20th centuryJapaneseLinen and wool, tapestry woven
4th-5th century CEByzantineWarp: 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 centuryKurdish