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Silk on linen
17th-18th centurySpanishRoyal blue silk gauze with embroidered decoration
19th centuryChineseBlue silk gauze with embroidered decoration
19th centuryChineseTextile fibers
16th-17th centuryFlemishTextile fibers
17th-18th centuryFlemishWarps: undyed white cotton, 2 Z spun S plied. 34 warps per decimeter. Wefts: wool, Z spun; varied pairs and singles per shot. Extremely eccentric wefts, supplementary wefts for broceaded ornaments. Weft color: blue (heavily abrashed), red (heavily abrashed), green (probably indigo sulfonic, heavily abrashed), yellow, undyed white, light purply brown, corrosive brown, genuine purple/aubergine. Both selvedges: return wefting. Top and bottom: between 8 and 11 warps in a knotted fringe.
19th centuryTurkishWarps: 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 centuryTurkishWool pile
16th centuryPersianPashmina wool (undercoat of cashmere goat) pile on a foundation of silk warps and cotton wefts
18th centuryIndianWool, knotted pile
19th centuryCaucasianOpaque watercolor and gold on cotton
19th-20th centuryIndianWool and linen, tapestry woven
7th centuryCopticLinen and wool, tapestry woven
8th centuryCopticLinen and wool, tapestry woven
8th centuryCopticWool and linen, tapestry woven
5th-6th centuryByzantineLinen and wool, tapestry woven
5th-6th centuryByzantineWool and linen, tapestry woven
4th-5th century CEByzantine