early 18th century
Red bizarre silk lampas damassé cover with brocaded design of diagonal arabesques with flowers and fruit; border of woven metallic braid; four seams - can't say whether there are four panel widths; backed with red silk plain weave
201 x 212.4 cm (79 1/8 x 83 5/8 in.)
Nettie G. Naumburg, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1930.
Silk
ChineseSilk
17th centurySpanishRayon and synthetic fibers, complex alternating weave
20th centuryGermanWool pile on wool warps and wefts
19th centuryTurkishWool pile on
Kurdish
Hand-knotted wool (20 knots to the inch) on woolen pile, with jute binding on a jute warp
20th centuryBook of swatches mounted on paper (56 sheets)
19th-20th centuryJapanese