56 x 15 cm (22 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Linen and wool, tapestry woven with plain woven ground
5th-7th centuryByzantineFiber
Felt and vinyl
20th centuryAmericanCotton
20th centuryGermanWarps: 2 S plied Z spun undyed ivory wool; alternate warps slightly depressed; pronounced lazy lines. Weft: 1 Z spun strand in light red and brown; 2 yarns per shoot, with alternating green and brown yarns, some single yarn shots. Pile: 2 S plied Z spun wool; cotton. Pile colors (wool): light green, light blue, white wool, purply-red, maroon red, brick red, pink, medium blue, dark blue, olive green, pale ecru (possibly faded from?) yellow. White pile is cotton. Knots per vertical decimeter: 49. Knots per horizontal decimeter: 37/38. Woven upside down.
19th centuryTurkishBlue silk gauze ground with needlepoint decoration
19th centuryChineseSilk and metallic gilt yarns on linen plain weave support
16th centuryFlemish