EditorialTunic fragment, Medium: cotton, wool Technique: single interlock tapestry, 1:1, A fragment with geometrical figures is strongly suggestive of Tiwanaku IV (?) art. The background is dark tan, the design in light tan, medium and dark brown, light red, re...
EditorialCeiling paper, Machine-printed paper, Twisting acanthus octagonal framework centered with leafy forms interlock in all-over pattern. Printed on light tan ground., USA, ca. 1888, Wallcoverings, Ceiling paper.
EditorialFragment, Medium: wool Technique: single interlock 1:1, with subtle use of non-horizontal weft double faced, Part of a very stylized human figure with bird's mask. Blue, pink and brown on tan background., Peru, 700900, woven textiles, Fragment.
EditorialTextile, Medium: cotton, wool Technique: tapestry, single interlock with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade), Mantle fragment of interlocking squares with geometric designs of birds and fish., Peru, 11001400, woven textiles, Textile.
EditorialCap, Medium: wool Technique: tapestry woven, single interlock; OUTSIDE FABRIC: tapestry: interlocked; INSIDE FABRIC: single-weft double cloth (warp-faced plain weave)., Two fabrics sewn together (one on the outside, one on the inside - each a loomed wi...
EditorialSidewall, Block-printed on handmade paper, A squared off, repeating, strapwork design in green, surrounding a marbleized horizontal rectangle. The strapwork is outlined in black, and black dots enclose the marbleized portions. The designs interlock in ...
EditorialFragment, Medium: wool, cotton Technique: single interlock tapestry, Fragment, interlocking eccentric tapestry. Narrow strip of tapestry, in red, black, yellow, brown and white; pattern of two rows of squares. Top row contains naturalistic butterfly, l...
EditorialTextile, Medium: cotton, wool Technique: slit tapestry, non-horizontal wefts, Fragment of a border of a garment: border patterned by diagonal bands of interlocked bird or serpent heads in multi-colors with a narrow interlock patterned band in red and p...
EditorialFragment, Medium: cotton warp, wool weft Technique: tapestry woven, single interlock; subtle use of non-horizontal wefts Label: cotton warp, wool weft, single interlock tapestry with some non-horizontal wefts, Fragment of a mantle with two wide bands o...
EditorialBands, Material: cotton, wool Technique: tapestry weave, slit and single interlock, A) Narrow band patterned by birds and bird heads in yellow, ivory and blue. Outlined in black on a red background. B) Narrow band patterned by foxes, a bird and geometr...
EditorialTapis (skirt), Medium: silk and cotton embroidery on silk foundation Technique: warp-faced plain weave with tied resist patterning in warp (ikat); discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade); and embroidery in split and surface satin stitches...
EditorialMantle fragment, Medium: cotton warp, camelid fiber wefts Technique: plain weave with discontinuous weft (tapestry), single interlock Label: tapestry woven with cotton warp and camelid wefts, Fragment of a Peruvian tapestry-woven mantle with a rich och...
Editorialbronze neck ring, wide flared to the front, and artfully, as if falling apart from each other, the ends interlock and feathers, neck ring, metal, bronze, 20 cm, prehistory 800-500 BC, Netherlands, Gelderland, Apeldoorn , Uddel, Uddelermeer.
EditorialBand with Trophy Heads, 100 BC-700. Peru, South Coast, Nasca style (100 BC-AD 700). Interlocking warp and weft, single interlock: wool; overall: 181 x 21.6 cm (71 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.).
EditorialHanging with niche design, late 18th - early 19th century. India, late 18th - early 19th century. 2 1/2 twill tapestry weave [S] with double interlock, pieced:wool; overall: 146 x 85.4 cm (57 1/2 x 33 5/8 in.).