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 in kesi' tapestry weave, selected elements woven with metallic gold threads
18th centuryChineseWool on canvas in a plexiglass frame
20th centuryGermanInk on silk
20th centuryAustrianUndyed ramie; plain-weave
19th-20th centuryJapaneseTextile fibers
20th centuryCroatianWool
19th centuryTurkishWarps: 2 S plied Z spun hard white undyed wool; one level. Weft: 1 Z spun brown undyed wool; 2 yarns per shoot. Pile: 2 S plied Z spun wool; small amount of silk. Pile colors: dark red, light red, dark, medium and light blue, bright yellow, small amounts of white and undyed brown. Magenta is silk. Knots: asymmetrical, open to the right. Knots per vertical decimeter: 100. Knots per horizontal decimeter: 47. Selvedges: both replaced, hand serged. Top end: 1/2 cm blue and 1/2 cm white tapestry weave, folded under and sewn in bright red. Bottom end: 1/2 cm red tapestry weave.
19th centuryTurkmenSilk
18th centuryEuropean