EditorialCape, Medium: S-spun tussah silk embroidery, Z-spun cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in chain and back stitch with French knots on two layers of plain weave; inner layer of unspun cotton Label: cotton embroidered with tussah silk in chain and b...
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...
EditorialCape, Medium: S-spun tussah silk embroidery, Z-spun cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in chain and back stitch with French knots on two layers of plain weave; inner layer of unspun cotton Label: cotton embroidered with tussah silk in chain and b...
EditorialTextile, Medium: wool Technique: slit tapestry, Long panel in bright clear colors: many shades of yellow and buff, with pink, cherry and dark red, eggplant, and some white, and a little black for outlining. Horizontal pattern of white central row of sm...
EditorialQuilt, Medium: linen, cotton Technique: trapunto (two layers of plain weave, pattern outlined in back stitch, pattern shapes stuffed with unspun cotton or heavy cotton cord, background areas textured by running stitches which also hold two layers toget...
EditorialCuneiform tablet: record of receipt of unspun linen, Ebabbar archive, Achaemenid, Achaemenid, Date ca. 521 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Achaemenid, Clay, Thickness 1 in. (2.5 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialElongated cushion consisting of two equal halves, covered with green velvet and provided with large acorns wrapped with green silk on the corners, lock made of brass at the center front, interior of wood with covers covered with printed leather, oblong...