Faded red pattern
61 x 47 cm (24 x 18 1/2 in.)
Woven with knotted wool pile
20th centuryPersianWarps: undyed white wool. Wefts: variable, including outlining wefts, eccentric wefts. Weft colors: light red, dark red, red-brown, purple (made of red and blue), light blue (abrashed), green, dark olive green, dark blue. Whites are wool and cotton combined. The rest are wool.
19th centuryTurkish'Kesi' silk tapestry fragment
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5th-6th centuryByzantineFiber
16th centuryFlemishTextile fibers
20th centuryCroatianSilk damask
16th centuryItalianSilk damask
19th-20th centuryEuropean?Silk on cotton
20th centuryAfghanSilk and metallic threads
18th-19th centuryPersian