27 x 44 cm (10 5/8 x 17 5/16 in.)
Compound silk weave; red satin warp-faced ground, patterned with white wefts binding in plain
18th centuryOttomanVelvet
19th-20th centuryEuropean?Textile fibers
19th centuryPersianVelvet
19th-20th centuryEuropean?Woven linen embroidered in purple with white, red, blue and yellow. Fringed at one end.
18th-19th centuryAlgerianSilk foundation with silk and metallic threads
16th-17th centuryTurkishSilk foundation with silk and metal supplementary wefts
17th-18th centuryPersianWool
5th-7th centuryByzantineBook of swatches mounted on paper (56 sheets)
19th-20th centuryJapaneseWool and silk
19th centuryFrench