Textiles through History |
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Coptic | ||
Tunic with Dionysiac Ornament, Tunic, 45th century |
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Middle Eastern | ||
Ninth Century It is from Zandaneh, near Bukhara, in Central Asia |
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Viking Era | ||
The Oseberg ship was found in a large burial mound on Slagen farm in Vestfold and excavated in 1904. The ship was built in around 815-820 A.D. and had been used as a sailing vesssel for many years before it was put to use as a burial ship for a prominent woman who died in 834. The textiles in the Oseberg ship
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14th Century | ||
Woven Silk with Addorsed and Regardant Griffins in Roundels, Textile, late 13thearly 14th century western Mediterranean (Spanish?) or east Iranian; |
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Fragment
- Covering lampas; silk, membranous silver Pattern with stitch covered by an exploded
palmette developing from a ribbon (Chinese symbol of tisch) |
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15th Century | ||
Length
of Velvet, end of the 15th century Italian; Made/manufactured: Venice, Italy Silk, metal thread; W. 23 in. |
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16th Century | ||
Fragment - One unit cross-hatched velvet; Venice silk, first half of the Sixteenth century Make-up with grid of stitches and a big lobed
leaf in the middle, covered with a crown. Type of velvet |
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16th century English silk and metallic needlepoint panel with floral and vine pattern enclosing doubled initials C and V on cream ground, with red velvet lower border with metallic embroidery and fringe. Possibly made for Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. source: http://www.ktaylor-lotus.com
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17th Century | ||
BURATTO
In buratto work, darning stitches are worked
with a needle on fine gauze or net (called lacis) to create the |
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Late 17th century Italian column covers with red velvet appliqué and polychrome silk embroidery on a gold colored silk ground depicting scrolling vines, flower heads, birds and strapwork. Framed by modern red velvet. Dimensions: 10¹8² high x 19*² wide each source: http://www.ktaylor-lotus.com
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17th century Italian pair of column covers with gold metallic fabric applied to red silk damask in scrolling floral patterns, with metallic tape border. Dimensions: 8¹7" high x 11*" wide; 9¹ high x 11*" wide |
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